The 52 Demons in a Deck of Cards

THE 52 DEMONS IN A DECK OF CARDS I Ching, Dice, Cards and Tarot

The following are some excerpts from Archimandrite Haralambos Vasilopoulos’ booklet, The 52 Demons in a Deck of Cards: The I Ching or Book of Changes In ancient times, the great continent of the Pacific Ocean, Mu, began to be shaken by terrible earthquakes, to finally be submerged with a population of millions of inhabitants into the depths of the ocean. A sufficient number of them had gone to East Africa, Central America, and Tibet in time! Mu was destroyed and sunk by God’s wrath because its inhabitants were Satan worshippers and degenerates. It is historically evident that punished many other peoples in the same way for the same reasons. Sodom and Gomorrah, Sybaris, and Mu are all deep in the bowels of the earth. The priests established themselves in the Himalayas and continued their work. These priests comprised the nucleus of the White Brotherhood. These Himalayan priests came in contact with the peoples of Asia and taught them various techniques. Since the Chinese were then the most numerous and mightiest of all Asiatic peoples, the priests of Mu taught them typography, the making and use of cards, pyrites, compasses and

many other things which were ‘discovered’ in Europe many years later. The Chinese were publishing daily papers before Guttenburg ‘invented’ the printing press. They circulated regular paper money in China 1500 years before Christ. They were also taught how to use Bengal lights...Naturally whatever the descendants of the Priests of Mu taught were with barters. Thus, all the religions of Asia are saturated by Satanism. The descendants of the Priests of Mu also taught the Chinese and other peoples how to contact demons! In their turn, the demons taught them divination and magic. Namely, they were taught how they could be helped by the demons throughout their life. The I Ching was compiled for this purpose 5000 years before Christ. Nearly every Chinese person considers it his duty to seek refuge in the magic of this holy book in every step of his life. Tradition relates how during the writing of I Ching, hundreds of demons presented themselves and gave living instructions which were copied by special, expert scribes. The compiling of this Codex was of such great significance that Confucius is reported to have once said, 'If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yî, and might then escape falling into great errors’ (Confucian Analects, VII, xvi.). Afterwards, Confucius added many scholia to the I Ching. With the passing of time, 48 other Chinese sages also added other scholia and commentaries.1 ...According to Chinese tradition, a monster would emerge from the Hwang Ho, which was a dragon and horse crossbreed. This monster bore shapes in the form of black circles on its back. A tortoise emerged from another river called Luo. It bore shapes in the form of red circles on its back. Today, the river Ho is known as the Yellow River. The Chinese sages of ancient times made a combination of the shapes, which they called ‘chart of divination’ and this was preserved as a treasure in palaces until 1079 BC. This eventually became what is now known as ‘The Book of Changes’ or I Ching. Around 600 BCE, when the Jews were still slaves in Babylon, many of them came into contact with people who used the I Ching in regions outside the Chinese wall and some even reached the White Brotherhood hideouts in the Himalayas. According to tradition, the result was an assembly of all those concerned, in which 365 demons presented themselves. According to the Chinese texts, most of them were ‘of small stature (2.5-3 feet tall), very deformed, filthy, and disgusting. Some of them bore black and red attire with black circles or lines.’ Overall, these demons taught 13 various games of chance to the assemblymen...An ‘appropriate’ demon is designated for every symbol and kind of game of chance (or luck).

Dice Dice were quickly propelled to the West after the countries of Asia were seized by assault. It appears that the ancient Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Assyrians, etc. knew quite well that dice were the demons’ jurisdiction because in many ancient depictions of dice players, there are also depictions of small hairy demons! The places where dice were usually played were brothels, public baths, taverns and markets. Then, for the first time, demonic fylakta which would apparently bring luck to players, were placed in circulation. To this day, we still see the small black or red circles on dice, the ‘bones’ of Dominoes, and other chance games.

Around 1400 AD, the powers of darkness decided the time was right for packs of cards. Noble merchants who had visited India, China, Persia and the rest of the Asiatic countries, brought back a new innovation with them. 52 depictions of men and women, depictions on white slates made from elephant tusks, or specially wrought skins. The travelling benefactors

brought details about the different games and combinations, and what games could be played by one, two or more persons. French monks started to throw ‘bassets’ in their cells, just as the aristocrats, in order to kill time. Spain was the first European country cards were introduced. This happened when Spain was conquered by the Arabs. Around 1376, decks of cards were transported by gypsies to Italy and afterwards France. During the Inquisition, the papal inquisitors burnt the iniquitous and righteous without discernment. In 1589, during the arrest of a rabbi in Spain, a large number of volumes and texts in Hebrew, French, Spanish and German were found in his house. One of the books gave fine details about card-playing: Their origin from China, each demon ‘patron’ for every card, the reinforcing demons for the complete destruction of the card-player, as well as, various fylakta. Naturally, this revealing book was burned on the pyre along with the other books, however, without their owner who disappeared from prison, leaving no trace other than the chains he was locked in! A young cleric had the prudence to copy some useful details from this demonic book of cardplaying, which we will cite below.

Some More Details The first deck of cards had 68 cards, which were imitations of chess pawns. Up to 1423, when wood engraving was discovered, decks of cards were painted works and only the dignitaries and rich could supply themselves with them. It is related how a certain Duke Visconti paid 1500 gold crowns for a deck of cards painted by a renowned painter.

In Asia, the first cards were painted on thin parchments or small leaves from ivory. The old Indian cards were very beautiful. Except for the playing cards that had been standardized in international scales, there were those which corresponded to a particular people. For example, the Japanese deck of cards is very big. It has 200 cards and each card has a greater thickness than the European. However, this last characteristic is no longer static. During the 15th century in Germany, there was an organized industry of card playing which also made a significant export in other countries In the 19th century, the French contrived ‘fantasy’ packs of cards. satirizing persons and things of the age allegorically.

They were cartoons

Cards in Greece The Venetians brought cards to Greece. They originally brought them to the Seven Islands and they’ve maintained their Italian name in Greece. The Italian term ‘trapoula’ means mousetrap, snare and deceit. But the other Italian term ‘kontsina’ also means snare, collusion. The first Greek cards were printed in Vienna by philhellenes after the Revolution of 1821 and had a patriotic character. Their figures depicted heroes, forms of the ethnic struggle, such as Kolokotronis, Miaoulis, Kanaris, Rigas, Ypsilantis and others. As queens, this deck had the goddess Athena, the Karteria2, etc. Such a deck of cards is saved in the Ethnological Museum. Around the 16th century, the passion for card playing was so great in various countries that there wasn’t a popular restaurant without a deck of cards either new or old. In Greece there were reactions to this game. It was quickly characterized as a school for corruption and deceit, and a cause of destruction for family and society. The figures of the Greek revolution heroes were painted on cards to precisely circumvent this reaction.

The first Greek written text that mentions cards in Greece is a poem. This poem, written in 1498, has the title, ‘The Plague of Rhodes’. The poet, E. Georgilas, attributes the plague which

mowed down many people in that epoch, to God’s wrath because they played cards with great passion. Georgilas counsels the Rhodites, and good Christians, who have been carried away by ‘satanic card-playing’ to repent in order to stop the just wrath of God. Essentially he counsels them to burn games, cards and dice and to cease whatever evil works harm the soul. http://archive.org/stream/carminagraecamed00wagnuoft#page/n0/mode/2up 52 Demons Rule over the Deck Before we cite the 52 ‘appropriate’ demons for every card, we must say that during the first contact, all of them try to ascertain if they will ‘match’ with their candidate victim. Finally, 1-4 of them prevail and start to influence. Then the card player starts to notice this or that card favours him. When things proceed ‘according to wish,’ the established demons seek help from other special ‘comrades’ in theft, card theft, inciting to fornication, adultery, murder, and finally suicide. We should also observe that the evil spirits appear to be divided into three genders: male, female, and neutral. It’s not by chance the four Queens have four satanic spirits of female gender as patrons. The Queen of Spades being the worse of them. The great Russian writer, Alexander Pushkin, wrote a short story called The Queen of Spades” 3. It describes the drama of a young Russian card player who murders an old lady card player who constantly wins, in order to reveal her secret. Eventually, the young Russian meets a tragic end. The Names of the Demons SPADES DIAMONDS 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

Samas Sariel Sarlil Turel Rumael Mammon Azaradel Hananel 8) Gaim 9) Tabaet Armaros 10) Beliar Rigas Adrameleg Samsaveel

CLUBS

1) Raymon 2) Zavebe 3) Tumael 4) Iblis 5) Azazelon 6) Rimmon 7) Azza

HEARTS

1) Marut 2) Beleth 3) Uraka Barameel 4) Simare Siel 5) Atargulph 6) Meresin 7) Azzael

1) Murmur 2) Balam 3) Verrine 4) Paimon 5) Azazel 6) Sealiah 7)

8) Hakael 9) Zefonith

8) Hauras 9) Gadreel

8) Usiel

10) Iuvart

10) Asbeel

Rigas Sagham

Rigas Sarmiel

9) 10) Kokabel Rigas

Dama Satrina Lilith

Dama Ratpotai

Dama Seket

Dama

Vales Samangaluf Dagon

Vales Sagmagirin

Vales Yahriel

Vales

The Symbols of A Deck of Cards We will reveal to our readers what is truly behind the four ‘camouflaged’ and seemingly innocent signs in a deck of cards: (♥) The female breasts and genital organs. (♠) The anus and male genital organs. (♣) Our old, familiar Crux Ansata(Ankh), the unholy cross of Black Magic, comprised from the interlacement of both female and male genital organs.

(♦) Two touching triangles. If you push one of the triangles downwards or upwards, you would have a Jewish star.

Card Divination “The cradle of card divination is Turkey, Egypt and India. In Greece, there are enough strongly rooted centers in Crete, Corinth and Thrace.

Notes 1) Legge, James, The I Ching, tr. Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 16, 1899, Introduction. http://www.sacred-texts.com/ich/index.htm

2) The Kartería (Greek for "Perseverance") was the first steam-powered warship to be used in combat operations in history. It was built in 1825 in an English

shipyard for the revolutionary Hellenic Navy during the Greek War of Independence. 3) This is an interesting story and can be read online here: http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/9482/