The Red Cross of Azazel

An excerpt from: The False Prophet Azazel by John of the Gentiles Appendix A The Rose Cross of Azazel

According to an esoteric reading of the Tarot, a Red Rose represents Venus (Azazel‘s human wife), while a Red Cross represents the angel Azazel. The combined Rose-Cross in one respect represents the sexual union of Azazel and his his human wife. The word ‗Rosicrucian‘ is German for ‗Rose Cross,‘ a term synonymous with Red Cross . In addition to this, the word ‗rose‘ is an anagram for Eros, the name of the Greek god of Love, who was the first-born son of 

the angel Azazel and of his human wife. The 18th Degree in Freemasonry is commonly known as the Rose-Croix (Rose Cross), a fact showing the relation to and establishing a link between these two seemingly seemingly diverse organizations. In fact, the ascension of Freemasonry (not to be confused with the more archaic Masonry) as we know it today correspondingly relates to the decline of the Rosicrucian order in Europe, most markedly in Germany, the birthplace of  Rosicrucianism (Dr Sigismund Bacstrom, an important Rosicrucian scholar of the alchemical sciences, wrote in   Bacstrom’s Rosicrucian Society (circa late 18th to early 19th Centuries A.D.)

of ―the August most ancient and most learned (Rosicrucian) Society, the Investigators of Divine, Spiritual and Natural Truth (which Society, more than two centuries and a half ago (during the 15th Century) , , did separate themselves from the Freemasons …).‖ …).‖ These movements being inter-

related and dynamic by their their very natures, Freemasonry later re-absorbed many Rosicrucians back within its ranks (See pp.55-56 Proofs of a Conspiracy: Chapter I by John Robinson, 1798 A.D.). There are many Rosicrucian Societies yet in existence today, most notably AMORC. In addition, and of a most interesting note, the Order of Maat Supreme Grand Lodge owns a web site called Links Central of Maat (M.A.A.T. = Master of the Temple A.‘A.‘ [A.‘A.‘ = Aleister Crowley‘s Argenteum Astrum/Silver Star]. See p. 241 Nightside of Eden by Kenneth Grant, 1977 A.D.) , by their own profession ―a web ring for Rosicrucians,‖ which employs a rose-cross ankh symbol (a rosetau). This is derived from the name of the Egyptian god Seker, who represented the angel Azazel, who was called ‗He of the rosetau,‘ which is to say, he of the rose (red) cross. In Scene 2 of the 3rd Tableau of the Initiation of Plato, it is revealed that Azazel‘s symbol, ―the red cross,‖ was ―traced upon the banner of Egypt,‖ on what amounted to being the national flag of Egypt. And according to Flying Roll No. 10 (in Roman numerals, 10 = X, named in honor of Azazel) of  the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, ‗X‘ (a cross variant) is the occult sign of Osiris risen (Osiris represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. It is for this reason A. E. Waite, a member of the the th Golden Dawn, lists the Wheel of Fortune, representative of Azazel‘s cherub, as the 10 (Roman

numeral X) Major Arcana of the Tarot. There exist those who hold the crossed-arm symbolism represents ‗Osiris slain‘). It must also be noted The Church of Scientology employs a similar logo, called the Cross Saltire**. Compare the Cross Saltire to Aleister Crowley‘s O.T.O. Rose Cross Lamen (a lamen is a magical charm-like pendent worn around the neck by the leader of a witch‘s coven). This signifies Azazel‘s (represented by the ‗X‘) future appearance as the false

Christ (represented by the the cross). When the symbol symbol for Azazel (x) is superimposed upon the cross (+), it forms what is known as an eight-point compass rose. For this reason a classical wooden ship‘s wheel, which resembles an eight point compass rose, is at times used as a symbol of Azazel (as are wheels of similar composition). A ship‘s anchor (often found wound round

with a chain) is also used as a symbol for the union of Azazel and his human wife, as it represents the union of the tau cross, representative of Azazel, with the crescent moon, the crescent moon being a symbol of Azazel‘s human wife). (**Author‘s Note: The Process Church of the Final Judgment  founded by two ex-Scientologists employed a decidedly related symbol depicting a serpent upon a cross (in the place of Christ crucified), what one might venture to identify as being a Chritianized-version of the palladium. They even had rings made with this cross depicted in red on a white background [within the ‗disk‘] the sigil of Azazel [See

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In Egyptian hieroglyphics the god Ptah (a god who represented Azazel) is always associated with an ‗x‘ within a circle, also known as the quartered circle (for this reason an ox has become an esoteric symbol of Azazel (Oxford University derives its name from it). A male ox is is called a bull, a common angel symbol (by extension, Azazel‘s human wife may be symbolized as a cow. The Egyptian cow goddess represents Azazel‘s human wife). Compare the ‗x‘ within a circle symbol of Ptah to the Cross of Wodan, also a cross within a circle. The Germanic god Wodan is yet another god who represented the angel Azazel/Behemoth. In some circles the ‗cross within a circle‘ motif is known as the  Mark of Cain (this is due to the fact that in the Phoenician alphabet the letter ‗T‘ is rendered as an ‗X‘ and is pronounced ‗tau,‘ meaning ‗mark‘). Cain of course was the son of Azazel Azazel by Eve. The quartered circle was the badge (talisman/magic charm) of the Grand Master of the Knights Templars. No doubt it was worn in part to protect the user in battle as God was said in Genesis 4:15 to have placed such a ―mark‖ upon Cain to keep him from being slain). The so-called Freemasonic Scottish Rite 18th Degree Rose Croix quartered circle (also a symbol of the Gnostics/Gnosticism) is a variant of the ‗cross within a circle‘ motif . The NATO military alliance also employees a variant of the ‗quartered circle‘ logo which is representive of  the god of war Azazel. As we learn from the Wicca witch priestess Doreen Valiente in Witchcraft for Tomorrow pp.67-68, the cross within the circle motif, the sign of Azazel, was one of the designs of the ‗magic circles‘ of the witches; the construction of such a ‗magic circle‘ was who was Azazel! In fact, the device standard practice when witch‘s invoked their Horned God, who known as ‗the ‗the witches’ mark ‘ which was employed by the witches (often signed during witches‘ initiation ceremonies) is ―an X-shaped cross‖ (Ibid p.179), the sign of Azazel. The red cross (in appearance a red X), was emblazoned upon Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth: ―Lamia is the ‗snake‘ among the Ophidian; Lama is the hand: lamh, hand (for this reason a hand

may also be used to represent Azazel; two examples are the god Sabazios, who represents Azazel, and whose symbol is a hand and also the witch‘s   Hand of Glory which likewise represented Azazel), is a divine name in the Scythian tongue. tongue. It also means the the number 10, and the Roman numeral X, which is a cross…which, according to Eastern allegory, is placed…upon the Rebellious Spirits (read: a red X was emblazoned upon the cherub of the angels) in their ‗abyss‘ or ‗prison‘ (within the earth).‖ - The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries (SRIA member Hargrave Jennings, 1870 A.D.). The SRIA is an English English Rosicrucian Society. Society. SRIA members, it must must be remembered, gave birth to the  Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , oweing its ―mysteries‖ in pa rt to this book by Jennings). The Knights Templar

god Baphomet also represented Azazel. As we learn from The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries (Hargrave Jennings) p.215, the Coptic root – met  met  encountered in the word Bapho-met means ―ten.‖ The Roman numeral signifying 10, rendered as an X, a cross variation, is the sign of Azazel (Ba [ab/father]-pho [oph/serpent] – met [X]). In her book Witchcraft for Tomorrow p.117 the Wicca witch-priestess Doreen Valiente reveals: ―Ogham was a sacred Druid alphabet and would certainly have contained magic secrets…‖ I would say one of the biggest secrets it reveals is the mystery surrounding the identity of the mysterious Theosophical Society deva known as Master KH with whom many high-ranking members of this society claimed to be in contact. In the sacred Ogham alphabet of  the magic practicing Druids, KH was rendered as an X. Master KH, which is the Druid way to say, Master X, was the Hidden Master Azazel himself! This is also the the idea behind the word ‗Ur-Khaos,‘ the god of the underworld: KH (X) + A (horned ox head sign of the horned god) + O (the disk, a cherub) + S (the serpent), the serpent horned god of the X-marked disk of the Chaldean city of Ur (Ur-Khaos was later translated as Orcus, the Gaelic Druidic god of the underworld/abyss). According to the Ritual Magic of the Golden Dawn (p.208, King 1987), the rising of  Adonai, of Mithra the Lord of Wide Pastures was by the ancient mysteries symbolized under the form of a rose (also known as the ‗Rose of Dawn‘). In a like way, the gods Adonai and Mithra Mithra represented Azazel/Behemoth (―Adonai has…come to mean, through the Rosicrucian tradition, the Holy Guardian Angel (with whom, it must be noted, magicians sought to communicate).‖ within his cherub Eight Lectures on Yoga by Aleister Crowley, 1939 A.D. ). Azazel will in the future arise within being loosed from his earthly imprisonment. In respect to the the angel Azazel, the rose cross also symbolizes the future rising of Azazel/Behemoth, Azazel being accepted as the coming Messiah. So the rose is also used as a symbol of Azazel. The red cross as a symbol of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth also hearkens back to the Egyptian mysteries mysteries of Osiris. Osiris. The god Osiris Osiris represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, and by extension, Azazel. In the Egyptian Hymn to Osiris, the ―disk‖ of Osiris (Osiris = Behemoth) is identified as the ―rosetau,‖ the rose (red) cross (―Divine oblation to Osiris (Behemoth) KhentAmenti, lord of Abydos…the disk…the rostau‖ -  Hymn to Osiris). Cherubim are disk-shaped.

It must also be noted the tau cross (rendered in Greek as a T) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. Azazel‘s prophesied release takes place on the 19th day of July 2016 A.D. In Freemasony, the symbol for Azazel, a tau cross, is represented by the T-square. The Rosicrucians, whose name means ―rose cross‖ in German, names their secret organization after the rostau/disk/Osiris/Behemoth. The Germanic name Christian Rosenkreuz, which in English translates as ‗Christian Rose Cross,‘ represents no other persona than the rebellious angel Azazel himself. The name is a play on words which may be interpreted as the christ of the red cross , representing Azazel, whose sign is the red cross, in reference to his future appearance as the false-christ/false prophet/messiah (See Revelations 16:13; according to the Rosicrucian Hargrave Jennings in The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries, p.142, the color red is male and represents the Salvator, a Latin word meaning ‗Savior‘). Theosophist Freethinker Ida C. Craddock provides another piece of our puzzle: ―Why did these mystics call themselves Rosicrucian? Some writers have attempted to derive the name from two words meaning "dew" and "cross": but the usual interpretation is "followers of the Rosy Cross" (read: followers of  Azazel) a cross with a rose (used analogously of Azazel) being used as the society's symbol.‖ Heavenly Bridegrooms. (It must also be mentioned when one adds the disk (O) [Azazel‘s cherub is

disk-shaped], to the word Sirius, it becomes Osirius, and when one drops the ‗u‘ it becomes Osiris. The heliacal rising of the star Sirius in 2016 A.D. A.D. takes place on the 19th day of July, the day Azazel in his disk-shaped red-cross emblazoned cherub is to emerge from his earthen imprisonment, claiming to be Christ. In this same way, the Babylonian god Ea, Ea, alternatively spelled Ia (another such god which represented Azazel/Behemoth), becomes the name of the Gnostic god Iao with the inclusion of  the disk [O]). The words ‗Sirius‘ and ‗Osiris‘ are related to the Semetic word ‗Siru‘: ―Scholars ordinarily refer to the serpent god (who is Azazel) by the name Siru, being the Semitic word for serpent …‖ …‖ - p.120, Tammuz and Ishtar (S. Langdon, ―Shillito Reader of  Assyriology, Oxford,‖ 1914 A.D. It would also seem the name Isis is also derived from the word Osiris). As an additional added bonus note, in the ancient Babylonian system of Gematria, where letters are used to represent numbers, the number 10 is represented by the letters IA (which Roman numeral is represented by an X). ‗Ia‘ of course is an alternative spelling of the name of the god ‗Ea.‘ Compare the modern spelling of our number ‗ten‘ to the name of the Egyptian sun disk ‗Aten‘ (in Roman, A-X) (AX = IAO = OX). OX). No doubt there exists a connection here. In the the pictographic alphabet of the Egyptians, a horned ‗ox head‘ (representative of the horned-god Azazel) was the equivalent of the Roman letter ‗A‘ (and hence was also derived the anarchist symbol for Azazel, an A within a circle/disk [O]). All of these are designations for Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth and by extension, Azazel. Additionally, Ax/Abrasax were synonymous terms: ―You are Ax, you are Abrasax (Ab [father] + Ra [the disk] + S [the serpent] + A [horned oxhead/horned god] + X [ten] (A-ten)), the angel who sits upon the tree of Paradise...‖ (A-X is the Archaic Latin alphabetic version of the classical Greek Alpha-Omega, the title of the resurrected Christ (See Revelations 22:13). Both are the first and last letters of their respective alphabets. Perhaps it signifies a Creator/Destroyer, an angel and the cherub [the word ‗destroyer‘ in The Bible is used synonymously with that of the word ‗cherub‘] to which he was assigned). As such an ax is often used as a symbol for Abrasax/Azazel (compare ‗ax‘ to the Greek word ‗aix‘ which means ‗goat‘ (note the addition of the phallic ‗pillar,‘ I). The Hebrew word for a male goat goat is also used to denote a demon. The demons are the rebellious fallen fallen angels. For this reason Satyrs/demons, representative of fallen angels, are symbolically represented as being goat-like in appearance, such as the god Pan, the king of satyrs, who represented Azazel). The letter ‗O‘ was derived from the Semitic `Ayin (eye), and hence, the ‗eye (disk) of Horus,‘ also known as Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. Constantine‘s ‗IX monogram‘ (also employed by the Merovingians) often encircled with the disk in its various forms is likewise esoterically connected with the false christ Azazel. Constantine never actually abandoned his pagan beliefs, he simply applied applied a Christian veneer. A phallis also is a symbol symbol used to represent Azazel, often represented as an ‗I,‘ it being representative of Osiris‘ phallis which according to one version of the Osiris legend was the single dismembered member of  Osiris‘ dissected corpse retrieved by the goddess Isis. One may conclude this to be the origin of  the artificial stone phalli and priapic statues employed in Egyptian magic rituals, it representing Osiris‘ amputated phallis. I believe such priapic idols were actually used to perform hiero gamos gamos magic rituals involving the ritual rending of a virgin‘s hymen. h ymen. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn also esoterically derives its name from Azazel. Hermes was another Egyptian Egyptian name for Azazel, he of a thousand names. The Golden Dawn is -shaped and analogous of the solar disk, the sun, which like Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, is disk -shaped rises at dawn, which is the expected time of Azazel‘s future release (―the holy one (read: the angel Azazel in his cherub) appeared…; as a golden dawn did he appear…‖ - Aleister Crowley‘s LIBER ARCANORUM τών ATU τού TAHUTI QUAS VIDIT ASAR IN AMENNTI SUB FIGURÂ CCXXXI LIBER CARCERORUM τών QLIPHOTH CUM SUIS GENIIS. ADDUNTUR SIGILLA ET NOMINA EORUM) (in the Egyptian

Book of the Dead Plate XXI B.D. Chap. XV it was said the Egyptian god Ra, who represented the angel Azazel, ―risest at dawn‖ in allusion to the time of Azazel‘s release). Israeli Regardie, a Rosicrucian who later joined the Stella Matutina, a successor organization of the Hermetic Order  of the Golden Dawn (Regardie served as personal secretary to Aleister Crowley), writes in his book entitled The Golden Dawn: ―‗The Rose-Cross‘… is a glyph…of the higher Genius (read: angel) to whose knowledge and conversation the student is eternally aspiring‖ (in reference to Aleister Crowley‘s ―attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel‖). The ‗Genius‘ of which Regardie speaks with whom such individuals sought to converse is a so-called ‗guardian angel,‘ the angel Azazel. His glyph/symbol is the rose cross/red cross. Indeed, Azazel is known as Sirius, the Hidden God of the Illuminati (the Illuminati/angels are also known as the ‗Grand Masters of the Templars‘), so named as his return is associated with the Dog Star Sirius. This fact is important enough to to repeat. Azazel is known known as the ―Hidden God Sirius‖: ―In his book ‗Magickal Revival‘ Grant writes that Phoenix was (Aleister) Crowley‘s most secret name. It represented the ancient Constellation in which Sothis (Seth) or Sirius was the highest star. He writes that Crowley associated the very heart of his teachings and ‗Magick‘ with a certain star, namely the „Sun behind the Sun,‟ the ‗Hidden God Sirius.‘ The secret of the Illuminati, or the Enlightened Ones is the blazing star Sirius, Grant writes.‖ – The Sirius Mysteries (Notable quote: ―To the Egyptians, the Sun behind the Sun was

known as Osiris (a god who represents Behemoth/Azazel) and also as Amun-RA, the Hidden Sun.‖ - The Book of the Master by Marshall Adams. Indeed, the Egyptian   Hymn to Osiris-Soka is a summons/call addressing the angel Azazel in greeting: ―Hail, thou hidden God, Osiris (Behemoth/Azazel; Sirius is a cognate of Osiris) in the underworld!‖) (The Great Hymn of Aten, Aten being representative of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, is called therein the ―hidden…god…in most the underworld…‖). Crowley was merely carrying on a long established magic tradition, most noteably of the magic practiced by high-degree Freemasons (often gleened from ongoing archaeological discoveries): ―The Ancient Astronomers (astronomers were as a rule astrologers/sorcerers) saw all the great Symbols of Masonry in the Stars. Sirius glitters in our (Freemasonic) lodges as the Blazing Star (which is a symbol of Azazel. ‗Blazing‘ is synonymous with ‗shining‘*).‖ - Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Scottish Freemasonry by the Theosophical Albert Pike. Indeed, as we learn from C. W. Leadbeater (prominent member of the Society) in Glimpses of Masonic History the Blazing Star Sirius (representative of Azazel), the so-called glyph of the higher genius with whom all practitioners of magic sought to contact, was symbolized by ―the Rose which ever blossoms at the heart of the Cross,‖ the very symbol of the Rosicrucians themselves. Compare to the Dogon tribe in Africa which also portrays the helical rising of Sirius as a cross with a flower-like sun at its center. (The fallen angel Azazel is associated with the star Sirius. The Five-Pointed Star, the pentagram/pentagon, pentagram/pentagon, is the icon of Sirius, and as such, the icon of Azazel, as well as the esoteric importance of the five-pointed Blazing Star  of the Masons. The symbol of the star star Sirius as a symbol of Azazel Azazel hearkens back to Biblical days: ―Yea, ye to ok up the tabernacle of Moloch [their King Azazel], and the star [called a Chiun] of your god Remphan [Azazel] , figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.‖ - Acts 7:43; 7:43; and again: again: ―But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch [their King Azazel] and Chiun your images, the star of your god [Remphan/Azazel], which ye made to yourselves.‖ - Amos 5:26) (* ―According to Sufi expert Idries Shah the ―true rulers of the  Illuminati) [read: the fallen angels] and the Sufi have discovered their secret in the Quran in world are the ‗Enlightened Ones‘‖ ( Illuminati the following verse: ―Allah [who is Azazel] is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. His Light is resembled by a lamp within a niche. The lamp within a crystal, like a shining (blazing) star.‖ He claims the allusion to a ‗shining star‘ is a reference to ‗Sirius‘ (See The Sirius Sirius Mysteries). Mysteries). The angels are known as the Shining Ones and a star is often used as the symbol for an angel, hence Shining Star/Blazing Star ) (A Not-so-notable Quote: ―Such surely is the destiny that awaits our beloved Order in the future; such the splendour that will transfigure the Craft [Freemasonry] in the years that are to come, until within its temple walls once more is raised - not only in symbol but in actual fact (upon Azazel‘s release from his earthen imprisonment) - the ladder which stretches between earth and heaven, between men and the Grand Lodge above, to lead them from the darkness of 

the world to the fullness of light in God (he speaks not, to be sure, of the God of Christians and Jews, but of the god of the Craft, who is Azazel), to the Rose which ever blossoms at the heart of the Cross , to the Blazing Star whose shining brings peace and strength and blessing to all the worlds.‖ - Glimpses of Masonic History by C. W. Leadbeater)

According to a footnote to The Dionysian Artificers: ―Thamuz (a variant spelling of  Tammuz) signifies the name of a month, and likewise the name of an idol or divinity, which even in the opinion of St. Jerome is the same as (the god) Adonis (both are gods who represent the angel Azazel). Plutarch says that the Egyptians called Osiris Ammuz, and from thence was corruptly derived the name of Jupiter Ammon (‗Ammon,‘ a varient spelling of  ‗Amoun,‘ means ‗the Hidden One.‘ See p.29 Witchcraft for Tomorrow by Doreen Valiente, 1978 A.D.). Robertson (Thesaurus Linguae Sanctae) says that the word Ammuz (read Ammoum) used by Herodotus and Plutarch, were corruptions from the Hebrew Thamuz (Hebrew ‫{ תםוז‬Hebrew TMWZ}). I would rather say that the word was originally Egyptian, and made Hebrew by the addition of the formative ‫{ ת‬Hebrew T  })…‖ And so was an Egyptian name for Azazel, namely Ammuz, transformed into Tammuz by the addition of the symbol for Azazel, namely, the tau cross (rendered in Greek as a T; in the Phoenician alphabet, the Greek ‗T‘ takes the form of  another enigmatic symbol of Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth, the quartered circle/‗x‘ within a circle,   pronounced ‗tet‘ and meaning ‗wheel,‘ a Biblical name for a cherub). It must be noted The  Dionysian Articifers (circa. 1820 A.D.) is an essay written by an eminent Brazilian Freemason. The Greek  Dionysiacs as they were also called was an association of architects and engineers, followers of the god Dionysius (also known as Bacchus) and builders of temples, theatres and stadia, an early society of Freemasons. In Freemasonry the tau cross, the symbol of Azazel, is represented by the T-square. (Notable quote: ―The TAU (the sign of Azazel) is the central figure of the Theosophical Seal (employed by the Theosophical Society) and the heart of its message.‖ - The Theosophical Seal (Arthur M. Coon, 1958 A.D.)) (The Thames River in England is named after Thamuz/Azazel: ―The Thames through Oxford is often given the name the River Isis, although historically, and especially in Victorian times, gazetteers and cartographers insisted that the entire river was correctly named the River Isis from its source until Dorchester-on-Thames. Only at this point, where the river meets the River Thame and becomes the ―Thame -isis‖ (subsequently abbreviated to Thames) should it be so-called; Ordnance Survey maps still label the Thames as “ River Thames or Isis ” until Dorchester.‖ –  Wikipedia: River Thames . Isis, it must be remembered, remembered, is an Egyptian name for Azazel‘s human wife) ) (The Hammer of the god Thor, who represented Azazel, in form resembles and represents a tau cross (T), the sign of Azazel Azazel))

The Rose Window (the rosette window) on the façade of the Rosslyn Chapel (aka the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew) located at the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, employs such rose cross symbolism in its architechural design. This is a symbol of the future release of  the angel Azazel. Other architetural features of Rosslyn Chapel include over 110 ‗Green Man‘ carvings. The Green Man represents the angel Azazel (the Egyptian god Osiris, a god who represented Azazel/Behemoth, was depicted with green skin). Ancient Sumerian depictions of  Azazel show him wearing rosette bracelets (which would account for the rose being used as a symbol of Azazel). It must be noted the Rosslyn Chapel was erected by 15th Century Masons acting under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church. Ceremonial magician A.E. Waite and one-time Chief of the   Druid Order in England Godfrey Higgins believed that the secret to forming the Philosopher‘s Stone with the aid of dew

was the secret concealed in the the Rosicrucian name. One interpretation of the Rose Cross is that the rose represents the dew in an alchemical process, as as Rosi Crucis translates translates as ‗dew cup.‘ The following scripture esoterically refer to regeneration as it refers to the Resurrection. Note the use of the rose motif to symbolize regeneration (Franz Hartmann has stated ―the greatest of all magical feats‖ is ―the spiritual regeneration of man.‖ See the Preface to Third Edition of Magic,

White and Black). Flowers are often used as symbols to represent the human body: ―…your body is the garden of flowers.‖ - The Songs of Kabir ―Listen

to me, you holy sons, and bud like a rose which grows by a watercourse; exhale fragrance like a frankincense tree, and blossom like a lily. Give forth an odor and sing a song, bless the Lord (God) for all His works.‖ - The Wisdom of Sirach 39:13-14 ―How glorious he was…Like roses in the days of first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water, like a sprig of frankincense, on summer days, like fire and incense in the censer…‖ - The Wisdom of 

Sirach 50:8,9

―I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.‖ - Song of Songs 2:1 (KJV)

The rose and the cross of the Rosicrucians also symbolize regeneration. To Rosicrucians, the rosy cross can represent the formula for the Universal Medicine, the panacea for all forms of  disease. In addition to the Rosicrucians, the Rose/Cross motif is shared by the Masons (as evidenced by The Scottish Scottish Rite ‗18th degree degree Knight of the Rose Cross‘). Cross‘). To the Masons the rose/cross was in one respect the symbol of regeneration: ―The rose is the ancient emblem of  spring. Upon the cross it signifies…man regenerated‖ (Ancient Masonry C.C. Zain 1994 p.

249). It must be noted a five-petaled rose is used to represent a pentagram, while a six-petaled rose represented a hexagram. The cross is an esoteric symbol for a transverse electromagnetic wave; a hexagram represents a standing wave (See The Knowledge of Wisdom by John of the Gentiles. The Rose/Cross motif is also a symbol of (as evidenced by the Rosy Cross lamen of) the magic group known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. These organizations are all associated and the use of shared motifs, vis a vis, evidence these organization‘s shared beliefs, as

well as as their shared associations. Members of one such order are often members of similar orders. These organizations are cell-like and dynamic, and like the hydra of old, they have many heads working towards the same final goal, so the loss of one does not result in the destruction of  all, while others will spring up in its stead. The beast lives on to fight another day. The ancient Roman practice of adorning with roses the door of a room in which confidential matters were discussed gave birth to the phrase ―sub rosa,‖ which translates as ―under the rose,‖ meaning, ―to keep a secret‖ (Notable quote: ―…brought from ancient Egypt, is the Cross upon the Rose — Cross, symbol of life, Rose, symbol of matter and symbol of secrecy meetings as well.‖ –  The Brotherhood of Religions by Annie Besant Adyar Pamphlets No.24 ). These were secret meetings of secret societies discussing secret matters. The Romans called the rose the ‗Flower of Venus.‘ The goddess Venus represented the angel Azazel‘s human wife.

King Arthur and his Round Table Table used Rosicrucian motifs, motifs, or, rather, vice versa. The rose/cross symbol was said to be drawn upon the Round Table used by Arthur and his Knights (the Tree of Life is also a common symbol amongst Medieval knightly themes). Arthur‘s/Azazel‘s Round Table represented Azazel‘s cherub Behemoth. The red cross was also

associated with the Holy Grail which in the Arthurian legends was the Christianized symbolic version of the long sought after cherub of Azazel (Behemoth). A rose is also the central motif  for the links of the chain upon which the ―Great George‖ is suspended amongst the jewels of the

Order of the Garter. The symbol of the Knights of the Garter Garter is a red cross on a white shield. Both were/are Masonic organizations. One symbol of the Knights Templar was the red cross on a white background, also by design symbolic of Azazel‘s cherub (the rose/cross combination was also the badge (talisman/magic charm) of the the Knights Templar group). group). The tradition continues today with the Red Cross organization. It must be mentioned many of the gods which represented Azazel were gods associated with healing. The Sumerians worshipped Azazel as Ninazu (nin means ‗lord‘), the god of healing and of the underworld. The Romans knew him as Aesculapius, the god of medicine, and he was known to be as well the Greek and Phoenician god of healing. The red cross which represents the god-angel of healing Azazel is for this reason used as a symbol of the medical organization known as the International Federation of the Red Cross, most commonly known as the Red Cross. (Notable quote: ―Many of the magical charms and spells were for the healing of the sick or for the prevention of disease... Many charms and spells surviving to the present day contain the names of pre-Christian gods (all representing the angel Azazel). These spells are usually connected with cures for diseases in human beings and animals‖ - p.75 The God of the Witches (Margaret Alice Murray, D.Lit., ―Fellow of University College, London,‖ 1933 A.D.)) Aesculapius was the Roman god of medicine as well as the Greek and Phoenician god of  healing. He was often depicted wielding what is known as the Staff of Aesculapius. Various medical organizations adopted the Staff of Aesculapius as its medical insignia, the staff itself  consisting of an axial rod with with a single winged serpent entwined entwined about it. The U.S. Army Medical Corp has the Staff of Aesculapius as its insignia. The winged staff/serpent symbolism was also employed in in the symbol of the Caduceus of Hermes. Enki‘s emblem (Enki who also represented Azazel) was two entwined serpents and was the symbol of his ‗cult center‘ at Eridu,

same as that of the medical profession. This symbolism is also reminiscent of the Sumerian underworld god of healing, Ningishzida (Nin- means ‗divinity‘ /lord  /lord), who‘s symbol was two snakes entwined around a central axial rod (the Rod of Ningishzida is the symbol of the great guild of physicians in England) (It must be noted one of the many Egyptian titles for Azazel was Plate XXXI)). The satyrs ―the two-headed serpent‖ (See the Egyptian Book of the Dead Plate themselves carried a similar instrument known as a thyrsus, also known as the rod of Dionysus, a stick wound round with ivy and tipped tipped with a pine cone. The Sidonian god of healing, Eshmun, was also depicted holding a serpent entwined staff in his right hand. All of these healing ‗gods‘

represented the angel Azazel who holds the the title of Chief Physician. In fact, Azazel Azazel was what was known as a ‗rapha,‘ a surgeon, a member of the medical profession (compare ‗rapha‘ to the cognate ‗pharma,‘ thre root of the words ‗pharmacy‘ and ‗pharmaceutical‘). The Book of Enoch

lists medical practices (including abortion; an abortion is considered to be a sacrifice to the god Molech [who is Azazel]. See p.23 Blood on the Altar) Altar) as being amongst the secrets which were revealed to mankind by Azazel and his group of fallen angels. Many early doctors were students of the occult, as many folk cures can be found amongst the folklore of many diverse civilizations. Magic practicing cunning folk  often employed herbal medications. Many drugs today are herbal based. The fact that the cross (X) is linked with Azazel, who is oft confused by some as being the devil Satan himself, is the reason the horned devil, who in reality represents the ‗horned god‘ Azazel, is associated with crossroads. In fact many Egyptian mummies mummies are laid to rest with arms crossed in the sign of ‗Osiris Risen,‘ the crossed arm symbol of Azazel being depicted on numerous Egyptian statues and reliefs (most notably depictions of  example: ―The Indian the god Osiris/Azazel himself) (a man sitting cross-legged may also be thusly interpreted . For example: figures of the Horned God (who is Azazel), found at Mohenjo-Daro, are of the earliest Bronze- age…The most remarkable is that of a man with bull‘s horns on his head, sitting cross -legged…This representation was regarded in

historic times as a form of Shiva (who represents Azazel) and is called Pasupati, ‗Lord of animals‘ (a shepherd of  sorts. Azazel is often depicted as a shepherd god).‖ –  p.11 The God of the Witches (Margaret Alice Murray, D.Lit., ―Fellow of University College, London,‖ 1933 A.D.) ).

As we learn from from British witch/author witch/author Nigel Jackson Jackson in Chapter VI Masks of Misrule pp.93 & 99, the  Horned One, the Horned God of the Witches (Azazel), was represented by a ―skull resting on crossed thighbones.‖ Two crossed swords in the form of an ‗X‘ is a symbol of the Roman god of  war Mars who likewise represented the angel Azazel, as is the ‗skull and crossbones‘ insignia said to have been

originally flown on Knights Templars ships, though being more famously flown on English privateer pirate ships of  British persuasion (these being known collectively as ‗Jolly Roger‘ flags). flags). Interestingly enough, this symbol for  Azazel, namely the ‗skull and crossbone,‘ is a design used in the logo of Yale University‘ s Skull and Bones secret

society, of which ex-Republican-presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush were prominent members (the Skull and Bones secret society mimics the experience of the angels who are entrapped within the earth when they bury new initiates in a coffin and later unearth them). The eminent British knight/astronomer/astrolog knight/astronomer/astrologer/sorcerer er/sorcerer Sir Isaac Newton esoterically pledges his allegiance to the fallen angel Azazel through his employment of a crossedbones (X) motif sans skull in his personal personal coat-of-arms. The swastika is also a variant form of the sign representing representing the angel Azazel. The swastika employed by German German Nazis, Neo-Nazi Aryan Aryan groups and the Theosophical Society itself is but the Indian/Hindu Indian/Hindu form of the sign representing representing Azazel (X). It must be noted the swastika, swastika, the Hindu sigil of Azazel, is the letter ‗G‘ in the Ancient Northern European/Anglo-Saxon Runic script known as ‗Futhorc‘/‘Futhark‘ (the Armanen ‗Futharkh‘ of Guido Von List , also known as the Norse rune ‗gifu,‘ which is rendered as a simple ‗X,‘ ). This is the esoteric esoteric reason for the inclusion inclusion of the ‗G‘ within the Freemasonic ‗Square and Compass‘ standard. The swastika, it must also   be noted, is called the ‗Hammer of Creation,‘ and in Teutonic legends, the swastika is known a s ‗Thor‘s Hammer,‘ as Arthur M. Coon is nice enough to point out in explanation of  the significance of  the swastika‘s inclusion in the seal of the most reverent Theosophical Society (See The Theosophical Seal (Arthur M. Coon, 1958 A.D.), Thor of course representing the the fallen angel Azazel. Azazel. The hammer then is likewise a symbol of the blacksmithing blacksmithing god Azazel, who taught mankind the art of metalworking. metalworking. He has placed his mark upon it)

The Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 285-337 A.D.), who made Christianity the official religion of Rome, of ―In this sign, conquer‖ fame, conquered under the sign of Azazel (as did the ancients Egyptians, the Conquistadores, England and later Hitler also similarly conquer under the sign of Azazel) when he emblazoned the red cross on white background insignia on the shields of his conquering legions (See also the Labarum [Chi-Rho symbol] of Constantine which incorporates the sign of ―Osiris risen,‖ namely, the ‗X‘ within its construction. The significance of the ‗P‘ in the Chi-Rho [X-P] symbol is ‗P‘ is the 16 th letter of the alphabet signifying Azazel‘s release/―Osiris Risen‖ in 2016 A.D. The Chi-Rho symbol was also employed by the Merovingians. The Greek Chi (X) symbol is often used to abbreviate the word ‗christ,‘ a s when ‗X-mas‘ is employed as an abbreviation of ‗Christmas,‘ thereby literally taking Christ out of  th

Christmas. Somehow wishing someone someone a ―Merry Osiris Risen‖ on December 25  just doesn‘t

pack the same punch). The Knights Templars (c. 12th - 13 th Centuries) likewise employed a red cross on white field motif, as did their Crusading contemporaries the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem who ran a hospital there in Jerusalem in what is now modern day Israel (  Noteable quote: ―From the descendants of the Magi, the Sufis, the mystics amongst the Mahometans derived their knowledge of astrology, medicine, and of esoteric doctrines. In 1118 the order of the Temple (the Knights Templars) was founded, nominally for the protection of  pilgrims, but really for the restoration of the primitive mysteries.‖ –  The Masters of Wisdom by E. Adams, Knights also employed the Red Cross of Azazel as its sigil). Today the 1890 A.D.) (the Teutonic Knights Hospitallers are headquartered in Rome, as is the Vatican, and the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers group is considered the world‘s highest-ranking Catholic lay person. The modern contemporary of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem is the medical organization known as the International Organization of the Red Cross which likewise employs a red cross on white background insignia, this being being the sign of Azazel. The British Red Cross Society works closely with a group called the St. John Ambulance Association, named after the leader of the

Knights Hospitallers, St. John of Jerusalem. The red cross, also known as St. George‘s Cross, is the English national emblem, with the British national flag incorporating a red cross on a white background motif within its design, as well as the esoteric ‗X‘ sign of Azazel (however, the Flag of England is simply a red cross on white background!): ―The Union Jack (the flag of the United Kingdom) is a combination of the military ensigns of St. George's Cross for England, St. Andrew's Cross for Scotland, and St. Patrick's Cross for Ireland.‖ –  p. 36 Manners, Customs, and Observances: Their Origin and Significance by Leopold Wagner (1894 A.D.). All of these sigils are representative of Azazel (as are the ‗saints‘ with whom these crosses are associated). Consider also the the Maypole, one of the central motifs of May Day celebrations in England: ―In olden times nearly every village had its May-pole, around which, decorated with wreaths of flowers, ribbons, and flags, our merry ancestors danced from morning till night. The earliest representation of an English May-pole is that published in the Variorum ―Shakespeare‖…The pole is planted in a mound of  earth (planted in the earth, representing Azazel‘s encapsulation within the earth), and has affixed to it St. George‘s red-cross banner (also known as the ―Colours of Saint George,‖ the red cross being the sign of Azazel)…‖ - Folk-lore of Shakespeare Chapter XI (T.F. Thiselton Dyer, 1883 A.D.). All of these motifs represent and honor the angel Azazel whose sign was the redcross on white background. (Of an interesting added note, the American Eagle such as that depicted on the back of the dollar bill (a decidedly Masonic emblem) is often pictured with its wings unfurled and its legs outstretched forming an esoteric ‗X‘ the sign of Azazel (its left claw, signifying the sinister ‗lefthand path‘ of black magic, clutches divining arrows!). The eagle is the bird of Jove/Jupiter, who is Azazel, and Azazel (the Genesis serpent ), ), it must be remembered, habitually dressed in bird costumes and was often symbolized by a bird. Indeed: ―In Elamitic religious art the eagle is brought into connexion with the serpent…‖ - Tammuz and Ishtar by S. Langdon, ―Shillito Reader of Assyriology, Oxford,‖ 1914 A.D.) ―The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret-society founded at Washington, D.C. , on 19 February 1864.‖ –  Wikipedia: The Knights of Pythias . Famous Pythian Knights include include former U.S. Presidents Warren G. Harding (Oddfellow),

William McKinley (Oddfellow) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oddfellow), ex- U.S. Vice-Presidents Hubert Horatio Hu mphrey and Nelson A. Rockefeller, as well as U.S. Senators William Jennings Bryan (Oddfellow), Robert Byrd (Oddfellow) and Charles “Chuck” Schumer, including U.S. Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black (Oddfellow), Benjamin Cardozo, as well as Bob Jones, Sr., prominent Evangelist leader and founder of Bob Jones University. The Knights of Pythias logo employs a crossed axe (double axe in the form of an X) logo which includes arms and armor (it was Azazel who introduced the armorial arts to humans), as well as a lion (another sign of Azazel). Azazel). All of these emblems are esoteric esoteric symbols of the false prophet Azazel. The Knights of Pythias (read: the Knights of Azazel, Pythias being being a cognate of Python/Typhon) are still in existence today. Charles Schumer is the senior United States Senator from New York State, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to a Jewish immigrant family. (Interesting Note: ―…Horus (Azazel) was also called Horus -Behutet, or ‗the Great Blacksmith,‘ and was symbol ized by the axe or the hammer.‖ –  The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry (Albert Churchward, 1920 A.D.). It was Azazel, Azazel, it must be noted, who taught manking the blacksmith‘s art. In Egyptian hieroglyphs a ‗neter‘ (a god) was symbolized by an axe. Another symbol of Azazel is the Watchtower, as it is from such an exalted edifice the Greek god Bacchus (who represented Azazel) was said said to watch over the grape vines from which he made made his wine. See also the Greek Magical Magical Papyrus [PDM xiv.554-62] which states: ―…the Temple of Osiris (Behemoth/Azazel), my Watch-Tower .‖ As we learn from the early church father Athenagoras: ―‘Osiris is named Dionysos by the Greeks.‘ And Bacchus Bacchus is but another name for for Dionysos. I will do for you according to the Voice of Isis, the Magician, the Lady of Magic, who Bewitches everything, who is Never Bewitched in her  Name of Isis, the Magician.‖ Azazel is also associated with the Tower of Babel beneath which he lays entrapped (See Hidden Truths: A History of the World from Beginning Beginning to End by John of the Gentiles). Azazel (Horus) is also represented represented as a ‗point within a circle.‘

The death of St. George, the patron saint of England, is depicted on St. George‘s Collegiate Church in Tübingen (erected no no doubt by Freemasons). Freemasons). Note the the eight-point compass rose (x superimposed upon +), a symbol of  Azazel. The rose is also a symbol of Azazel, hence the association association of the ―rose‖ with that of the eight -points of the compass. It is likely St. St. George represented represented Azazel. Azazel. Many pagan gods were made into into saints to ease their their worshiper‘s conversion to Christianity (the following selection is exemplary of this notion: ―The Roman Church adopted the Angels and Archangels of the Celestial Allegory as its Saints, including Saint Bacchus (Bacchus represented the angel Azazel) and Saint Satan in place of Guardian Spirits that were once human beings (read: angels incarnate).‖ - Gnostic and   Historic Christianity (Gerald Massey) ).   Note Azazel‘s sign (x) in the form of an equilateral cross in the dec orative motif to the north of ‗St. George.‘ Also, the word ‗george‘ means farmer. Cain, the son of Azazel by Eve the wife of 

Adam was said to be a farmer (See Genesis 4:2). Trades at the time were typically passed down from father father to son. Concedes C.F. Oldham (Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in London), in a book devoted to the history of serpent worship as universally encountered in nearly every ancient religion, entitled The Sun and the Serpent: ―The legend of St. George times, was probably founded upon an older story.‖ The story and the Dragon, although it assumed its present shape in Christian times, concerns, of course, the fallen angel angel Azazel. Indeed, one astrological symbol of the stately planet planet named in honor of the HornedGod Saturn who represented Azazel was such a mounted horseman with lance (See Astrology, p.61, Louis MacNeice, 1964 A.D.); no doubt this symbol was also a symbol of Azazel. As we learn from Wikipedia: ―The Most Noble Order of the Garter is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England, founded in 1348. The Order is dedicated to the image and arms of St. George (who represented Azazel) as England's  patron saint.‖ Gerald B. Gardner explains the establishment of the Order of the Garter was in this way: ―It is said that King Edward III saved one witch from certain torture at that famous incident to which the origin of the Order of the Garter was ascribed. He was dancing with the Countess of Salisbury (she was a high priestess in a witches coven) when she dropped the ritual Garter ( ―the garter is a badge of rank among witches‖) which proclaimed her high rank in the cult. With Bishops about this was dangerous, so the King, knowing what it was (it being the witches symbol denoting ones rank as high-priestess in a witches coven), picked it up and put it on his own leg, saying: 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ("shame upon him who thinks evil upon it")…The King's quickness saved the situation (as the Bishops would have tortured her and burnt her at the stake, the penalty for being a witch) and placed him almost in the position of their incarnate god in the eyes of his more pagan subjects. This was followed by the foundation of an Order of twelve Knights for the King and twelve for the Prince of Wales , i.e. twenty-six members in all, or two (witches) covens‖ (See Witchcraft Today, 1954 A.D.). Gardner therein poses the the following question: ―In this connection, can anyone tell me exactly what is the meaning of the double SS on the collar of the Garter?‖ SRIA member Hargrave Jennings provides the answer in The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries (p. 119): ―the British golden collar of   a ―S.S.‖ (worn on the collar of a Knight of the Order of the Garter) which is worn as a relic of the oldest day (in perpetuation of  a  mythos long ago buried  (a nod to the fact that Azazel is currently interred within the earth) …and forgotten in the dust of ages) by some of our (British) officials, courtly and otherwise…belongs to no known order of knighthood, but only to the very highest order of knighthood, the Magian, or to Magic.‖ It is the sign of Azazel, the god of magic, the horned-god of the witches, the original Mage himself. (One such example of an Order of the Garter  ceremonial magician is the Wizard Earl Henry Percy (1564

 – 1632 A.D.).

Percy prospered under Elizabeth I but was relegated relegated to the Tower of London by the pious James I)

The following red-cross on white background is the symbol of the Order of the Garter:

Azazel has left his mark the world over!