Lilith and Magical Initiation

Lilith

The role of Lilith as Queen of the Sitra Ahra is that of an initiatrix who, through a progressive descent to the depths of one’s soul, is revealing those parts of ourselves which we have banished into our unconscious. The sum of this denied material is our shadow.

The exploration of the dark side through qabalistic symbolism, is the exploration of the dark side, not only of one’s own soul, but also of mankind’s soul, as well as the cosmos itself.

Man, tamed by the commodities of modernity, has forgotten himself to become a piece of the great machine which is modern society. Existential questioning is by itself a useful tool to start freeing oneself from the paradigm, but this is not enough. Action is needed. Existentialism must serve to start a progressive process which ends with the maturity of man as creator of his own existence, and this can only be achieved through the exploration of one’s own being in all its dimensions. In this process, and because of the very nature of knowledge itself, man is transformed. How is this transformation possible? Through magical initiation.

Traditional initiatorical systems have decayed into mere speculative groups, only discussing the symbols and myths of their tradition, without actually applying their knowledge. Magic is a tool to achieve this realization, but only within an intiatorical context, this is, so that it allows the realization of the individual’s full potential. To do this, a system of magical initiation must not focus only on one aspect of the individual, but has to strive to reach a balance of the forces and potentials in order to reach a certain dynamism allowing the ascent of the spirit towards self realization.

Lilith is the initiatrix into the mysteries of the dark side and, as such, is the dark mother in whose womb we can only find death and desolation. But, as I’ve mentioned before, it is in this womb that we can find the secrets of divinity.

The quest for the inner divine spark requires sacrifices, and the payment for a new life in which one becomes the creator of his or her own reality, is that one must destroy their old life. In the Other Side, beyond God’s light, lies the power that modern man has forgotten and banished, a power that Lilith, as Queen of the Sitra Ahra, reveals to the adept who dares to enter her womb.

The blood of Lilith, the kalas of the Black Moon, is the poison which kills the children of men, but for those walking on the Left-Hand Path, this is the elixir of eternal life.

(From book 'Lilith, the Queen of Sitra Ahra)
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