A Demonolater's Take on the Qliphoth

The Alignment of the Qliphoth
The term Qlipha, which is held to translate literally as "shell," is esoterically interpreted as meaning "womb." It's significant that the Tree of Death is composed of Wombs and ruled primarily by solar fertility gods. It's also significant that there are goddesses, gods, and gender-switching deities in dominion of the Qliphoth.


I don't see the Qliphoth as some corruption, opposition, or perversion of the Sephiroth. In my opinion, there's really only one tree-- schemas like the Sephiroth, Tree of Wyrd, etc. are just different theological representations of it. The Qliphoth uniquely affords contact with the spheres of the Black Earth, Black Sun, and Black Moon-- hidden facets of our universe with unique initiatory effects.


Any tree/schema can be used to reach adepthood. I prefer the Qliphoth for the demons who rule it. They're (one of?) the optimal pantheon(s?) for black magick, and I think they most properly illustrate the balance intrinsic to the universe.


You can initiate yourself through the Sphere of Saturn as Binah (Sephiroth), Zuhal (Tree of Wyrd), or Sathariel (Qliphoth). I've studied the writings of Niners, Kabbalists, and practitioners of demon magick alike. While the initiatory evolutions imposed by the sphere are particular to the celebrant, the changes always conform to certain parameters, and there really is no difference, generally speaking, between self-initiating through Zuhal and self-initiating through Sathariel. The Sphere of Saturn, called Babalon in Thelema and Mactoron in the Sevenfold Way, is still the Sphere of Saturn however you care to approach it.


Above: A Remake of the Clavicula Nox by Daemon Barzai. This Symbol is Apt for Any Ritual of Demon Magick & Any Qliphothic Operation


The Hidden Mother of Nahemoth
The Qliphothic Spheres from Thaumiel to Gamaliel are emanations of the Infernal Divine (and of the Numinous/Divine in general), while Nahemoth is a CREATION of the Infernal Divine. It's the BRIDGE to the Infernal Plane, the GATE to Sitra Ahra.


The Sphere of Saturn is the High Mother (Babalon/Mactoron) and the Sphere of Earth (Gaia/Aktlal Maka) is the Low Mother, and as it is below, so it is above. The Black Earth of Nahemoth, the Hidden Mother, is named after Lilith, and Sathariel (Saturn/Lucifage) is where Lilith's true throne resides.


Gaia the Low Mother is the manifestation and fulfillment of Babalon the High Mother, and Nahemoth the Hidden Mother empowers the Low Mother with the Black Light of the Other Side.


The Alchemy of the Pillars
The left pillar of the Qliphoth consists of the planetary spheres of Saturn, Mars, and Mercury. This pillar repels-- it represents the Alternate Self and the analytic principle. It's the scholar's path to enlightenment.


The right pillar of the Qliphoth consists of the planetary spheres of Uranus, Jupiter, and Venus. This pillar attracts-- it represents the True Self and the unifying principle. It's the artist's path to enlightenment.


The central pillar consists of the planetary spheres of Pluto-Neptune, the Black Sun, the Black Moon, and the Black Earth. It represents the wholeness of the True Self unified with the Alternate Self. It's a path to enlightenment walked by sages with both scholarly knowledge and creative ingenuity.



-V.K. Jehannum
Agios Octinomos-Drakosophia

Comments

  1. jezermemNovember 7, 2017 at 9:42 AM

    Thank you for your blog.Very helpful informaton

    ReplyDelete
  2. thedarksideofgodNovember 26, 2017 at 12:16 PM

    I like this very much. I think you are right that "there’s really only one tree ... [there are] just different theological representations of it."

    ReplyDelete
  3. Introduction to Qliphothic Self-Initiation – V.K. JehannumDecember 29, 2017 at 3:52 AM

    […] If the idea of Qliphothic sphereworkings is new to you, read these: https://vkjehannum.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/the-ten-spheres-of-the-qliphoth/ https://vkjehannum.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/a-demonolaters-take-on-the-qliphoth/ […]

    ReplyDelete
  4. Correspondences and Offerings | Nyctophilia RavenOctober 16, 2019 at 9:19 AM

    […] The right pillar of the Qliphoth consists of the planetary spheres of Uranus, Jupiter, and Venus. This pillar attracts– it represents the True Self and the unifying principle. It’s the artist’s path to enlightenment. https://vkjehannum.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/a-demonolaters-take-on-the-qliphoth/ […]

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Ten Spheres of the Qliphoth

Image
This article, which I will be updating as time and increases of knowledge permit and cause, describes the structure of the Qliphoth and the evolutions engendered by an active and long-term initiation calling on it. The Qliphothic Spheres are believed by the White Lodge to represent unbalanced and disorganized reflections of the initiatory forces which are entreated through the Sephiroth. In truth, the Qliphothic Sphere of Jupiter introduces the magickain to the same initiatory force as its corresponding Sephira. The path to enlightenment through demon magick is harder and far more powerful route. Our initiators are not imbalanced; this misconception stems from the manifold plights of those initiates who could not handle the darker path. We acknowledge that the praxis of the White Lodge engenders great awakening, and we await the day they awaken enough to see that we chose the right path for us. If the witch is guided to do so, she may self-initiate through a Qliphothic Sphere or Path w...
Read more

I am Leaving the Order of the Nine Angles

I would challenge a person who keeps tabs on the Satanic community to name a black magickal order besides the ONA which regularly expresses scorn for its own adherents. I unable to, and I'm told I know my shit. The most prominent example of the way that the ONA eats itself is the hoax created by Kerry Smith, an "OG" Niner (i.e. founding member) who falsely claimed that the ONA's founder was dead. A few ONA writers, myself included, disputed the claim, but the majority of the ONA accepted the report as accurate. After David Myatt himself resurfaced to refute the claim, Kerry Smith conceded her position. She then explained that hoax was conducted with the intent to publicly prove that the majority of the Order of the Nine Angles would believe anything they were told by an established ONA writer. But Smith is not the only one member of the ONA who holds contempt for the ONA as a near whole. Chloe has largely become known for going on similar tirades, variously portraying...
Read more

The Failings of the ONA

Hebdomdary is Inaccessible Note: Hebdomadry is what the ONA calls its system of esotericism. Synonyms for Hebdomdary include the Dark Tradition, the Sevenfold Way, and the Septenary Way. The ONA's pantheon (group of deities) is called the Nekalah, or the Dark Gods, and includes deities such as Atazoth, Baphomet, Abatu, Sauroctonos, and Budsturga. Most of the ONA's magickal operations have very specific environmental and material requisites. This results in both members of the movement known as the ONA and those inspired by it to default to take up completely unrelated magickal disciplines and to neglect the Nekalah. When aspects of the ONA's tradition are incorporated into unrelated Occult movements,  the Dark Gods are usually left behind. Among the groups which adhere to the ideology called the 218 Current, which ideology acknowledges direct inspiration by the ONA, only one works with the Nekalah. This is the recently defunct Lilin Society, and they only work with one of t...
Read more