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PHILOSOPHY
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The philosophy of Dragon Rouge consists of the
left hand path and its ideology. The left hand path is based on a philosophy
which defines two main spiritual paths. One is the right hand path. It has
influenced most forms of religion and mass movements. Its method is the
light magic and its goal is the annihilation of the individual and to become
one with God. The other path is the left hand path. It denotes the unique,
the deviant and the exclusive. Its method is the dark magic and antinomianism
(to go against the grain). The dark magical goal is to become a god.
The left hand path and dark magic is not a path of salvation that anyone
can accomplish. For most people the established religions are more suitable.
The left hand path is a demanding path that takes for granted that the adept
is prepared to be disciplined, patient, responsible and courageous. We are
strongly dissuading psychically unstable persons from taking this path.
The same goes for people who are interpreting the philosophy as if we are
now already gods and able to do our free will. To reach a free will and
thus become like a god is a goal. We are not gods. We can become gods. In
this aspect Dragon Rouge differs from many esoterists, new age ideologists
and satanists who believe that we are already gods and do just have to realize
it. We believe that we are carrying the divine inside us like a potential,
but that we can only awake and develop this side through hard initiatoric
training.
Man can pass through two births. In connection with the first birth we become
individuals in relation to the mother. We are born physically. The light
religions are preaching a return to the child state where one gives up freedom,
will and responsibility to gain safety. Man can pass through another birth.
In connection with his one we become individuals in relation to existence.
We are leaving a life predetermined by outer conditions and are reaching
a free will. Instead of being creations we become creators. Initiation rites
among shamans, witches and magical societies have through the ages been
a path to this second birth. The goal of the initiatoric magic of Dragon
Rouge is a second birth and a self creation process that leads to the divinity
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"Downwards
I veer
to the holy ineffable
mysterious night"
From "Hymns
to the Night" by Novalis
alias Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801).
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Dragon Rouge regularly receives the question why we are
interested mainly in the dark forces in different religions,
cultures and traditions. Are not these forces associated
with evil, and is there not a sufficient amount of evil
in the world already?
It is of great importance to be aware already at the outset
of the fact that the dark and evil forces that are described
in the myths must not be mixed up with the grey evil that
strikes us as soon as we read a newspaper or watch the news
on television.
This grey evil that surrounds us in our world is mainly
committed by frustrated and confused individuals, power
mad politicians or criminals, unable to control petty desires.
This evil has in reality nothing whatsoever to do with the
metaphysical evil that we encounter in religious documents.
Man has in fact a unique predilection for brutality and
excessive violence which distinguishes him from other animals.
We seem to be sole creators of death camps, mass rape, meat
factories and extensive killing for amusement purposes.
The grey evil is human, all too human, while metaphysical
evil is black as night and completely inhuman.
The grey evil characteristic of humanity is not seldom justified
with goodness. How often do we not see terrible cruelty
in the name of goodness? Hundreds of thousand of women was
executed during the witch burnings when the Christian clerics
attempted to fight Satan and the powers of evil. The Bible
encourages genocide and a number of other cruel acts, which
causes a critical reader to ponder on who is in fact good
and who is really evil. Already the old gnostics in the
third century had a hard time getting the picture together
and came to the conclusion that God is evil and not good.
Gnostic groups like the Cainites and the Ophidians instead
worshiped the enemies of God like Cain, the Serpent in the
Garden of Eden and the Fallen Angels.
The forces of evil appearing in the myths are revolting,
questioning, overthrowing and pioneers. The metaphysical
evil is hard and shimmering like a black diamond and as
distant in its annihilating force like the black holes of
the universe. It is both sharp as a razor and smooth like
silk. What is most terrifying with the dark forces is their
age and remoteness, and the fact that they seem to brood
on knowledge that are too much for mankind to behold. The
writer H.P Lovecraft catches this atmosphere with the words
that initiates one of his gothic stories. "The most
merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of
the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on
a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas
of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage
far."
Knowledge is indeed a two edged sword that constantly lures
man to travel further, but which also can destroy man if
he would journey too far. A recurrent theme in myths and
in religious documents is the fact that the evil forces
are in possession of deep wisdom that man, and even the
gods, are prepared to do anything to get hold of. From the
Apocryphal Book of Enoch we can learn that the greatest
crime of the fallen angels is that they teach man such things
that takes place in heaven and in the First Book of Moses
it is the cunning serpent who offers man the fruits of knowledge
that can turn them into gods. The Titan Prometheus, in the
Greek myths, steals the fire from the gods and gives it
to mankind and is therefore punished by the high god Zeus.
In the nordic mythology it is the powers of chaos, the primordial
giants, that are in possession of the greatest wisdom. The
Æsir are constantly seeking to take advantage of the
abilities of the heroes or to take part in their wisdom,
although it takes both treachery and violence from the gods
to accomplish this task.
The doubleness of knowledge is personified in the Faustian
man who seeks the truth at any cost, no matter if it leads
straight to damnation. According to the legend the erudite
renaissance magician Dr. Faust made a pact with the Devil
to gain all the knowledge of the world in return for his
soul. The Faustian dilemma is the fact that knowledge comes
at a high price, especially if we are unable to handle it
correctly. The legend of Dr. Faust reveals that the spiritual
seeker is forced to turn to the dark forces to quench his
thirst for wisdom. Mephistopheles, the Serpent in the Garden
of Eden or the Fallen Angels are breaking the limits and
are mediators of forbidden knowledge. In the old books of
the black arts we can read about a great number of demons
which the magician can conjure for different purposes. Although
some demons can assist with such practical things as getting
women to undress before the magician, most demons can give
knowledge about science and answer questions. The word demon
can be traced to the Greek word Daimon, which denoted
entities who existed between the world of man and the world
of the gods. They were mediators of messages between the
worlds and in Socrates the Daimon signifies the higher self
of the guardian spirit of man. Only when the demons were
identified with the Fallen Angels did they reach the status
of utterly evil.
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The bright side represents an ideal order in religion
and in myths, while the dark side represents the wild
overgrown infinity that hides beyond the limits of
order. The polarity between the bright and the dark
is reflected in the conflict between the ideals of
classicism and Gothicism. The classical ideals are
founded on clarity, reason, light and rules.The gothic
ideals are metaphysical and are founded on archaic
visions, dreams, the dark and obscure, inspiration
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The thinkers of the renaissance viewed the Goths as a sign
of the ruination of culture. The gothic was believed to
be the utmost anti pole to the classical civilization and
the classical ideals of beauty. According to the classical
taste the gothic represented something insipid and overgrown,
threatening and terrifying. During the end of the 18th century
the Gothicism would be reevaluated, however, and the gothic
architecture was again appreciated. German intellectuals
like Herder and Goethe embraced Gothicism as an aesthetic
ideal. Both in England and The Continent artists and writers
were fascinated by Gothicism. What had been associated with
darkness and the barbarian during the renaissance was now
a great source of inspiration. The English romantics sought
out the gothic and a feeling of enthusiastic terror instead
of the pure, light and structured ideals of the Classicism.
In a text from the 18th century one can find a list of things
that could cause this feeling of terror. It was "gods,
demons, hell, spirits, human souls, enchantments, wizardry,
thunder, floods, monsters, fire, war, plague, starvation
etc.". During the 19th century a ruin romanticism was
developed in art, in which graveyards and ruins of gothic
churches are grown over with the untamed nature under the
pale full moon. Exploring the dark became a way to increased
knowledge about the hidden nature of man and the Gothicism
became a form of expression of mans shadow side.
Turning to the dark side to find spiritual experiences has
been equaled to damnation in the western monotheistic tradition,
but if we look at religions with a less sharp division between
light and darkness we will find that the dark has also been
viewed as a source of illumination. The goddess Kali is
one of the foremost deities in the Indian Tantrism. Monotheistic
religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam has emphasized
a male sky god and other supernatural beings has been associated
with the Devil. The female divine force has in particular
been connected with the dark side. The bright side characterizes
most mass movements and exoteric religions, while the dark
side emphasizes the unique, the deviant and the exclusive.
Many religions attempt to advertise themselves as a path
of life for everyone, which can quickly and easily lead
to salvation. Darker forms of spirituality can not in such
a manner be sold as if it were a shampoo or new revolutionary
cleaning product. The dark path does not claim to be for
all. To tread upon the dark path one needs an ability to
penetrate beneath the surface of words, symbols and images.
Turning conceptions like good and evil upside down is not
without danger and to conjure entities that has been feared
for thousands of years might be devastating. Although someone
might claim not to be religious the old religious structures
do not let go that easily. In the early nineteen nineties
an occultistic baptism was conducted in Sweden. It was generally
known as a "Devil baptism" in the media. It is
interesting to note that it received a lot of attention
in spite of the fact that Sweden is one of the most secularised
countries in the world. One can constantly see proof of
the fact that religion continues to have an important impact
on the world views of mankind even if this might not always
be realized. The danger of entering the dark path is not
in the risk of being condemned by religious literalists,
but by being personally unable to see through the clichés
and false descriptions that are being stamped on the dark
symbols. The dark path has nothing to do with outer attributes
and even less with acts in which animals, people or property
are harmed. The dark path is a spiritual and existential
process in which man opens up the gate to the darkest corners
of the soul.
Entering the Qliphotic regions is a demanding process and
far from all individuals owns the ability to confront what
is hidden in the dark. The Qabalah illustrates how all old
waste, both from man's psyche and from the creation of the
universe are gathered in the Qliphotic underworld. Just
as when we are digging in mundane soil we will confront
all that has been left behind. At first we might encounter
rubbish that has been swept under the carpet, so to speak,
but if we dig deeper we will find treasures and fossils
from previous ages. For those who dare to tread upon the
tunnels of the underworld and the dark path there will be
no easy ride but a demanding exploration that overturns
all old values and conceptions.
Darkness is a reflection of what is hidden inside us. By
gazing down into the abyss our soul will reveal itself in
all its nakedness and it will cause us both to scream and
to laugh. When the screaming and the laughing has faded
we will discover that the most pivotal illumination and
the strongest light can be found in the darkest depths.
The Swedish poet Erik Johan Stagnelius wrote that "Night
is the mother of day, Chaos is the neighbor of God":
By seeking our way back to the night and to chaos, we can
find the source of our own rebirth and self creation. Man
can progress from being a creation to being a creator and
like the fallen angel in Milton's "Paradise Lost"
declare "Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce
/ To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: / Better to
reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n." |
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The three main principles
of draconian magic:
Vision.
The magician is a visionary that gazes into the limitless
and channels inspiration to his actions.
Force.
The magician strives to use the potential force that is
hidden in man and in nature.
Action.
The magician transforms vision to reality through action.
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Five Elementary Draconian Principles |
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All is one.
Ouroboros or the dragon that bites its tail shows the eternal return and
that the beginning is the end and the end is the beginning, in the small
is the great and in the great is the small, the one is the all and in the
all is the one. That which is above is like that which is below.
All is force.
The universe is force in different forms. Force is movement. The force reveals
itself through the seven rays or levels of vibrations which represents the
seven colours in the spectrum. The Dragon is the force and when the Dragon
manifests itself with seven heads, they are representing the seven rays.
The force is manifested through the elements: plasma (fire), in the form
of gas (air), liquid (water) or matter (earth). In itself the force represents
the fifth element (the ether, the quintessence). The symbol of the quintessence
is the Dragon.
All is possible.
All boundaries and limitations are illusions. Only the visions and force
of man creates limits. To follow one's true will is the only law. Man can
become a creator of himself.
All is floating.
Reality is constantly changing. Order is illusion. Through movement and
action man achieves the life and force to create his life. Stagnation leads
to ruin. To rest in the arms of the Dragon is to follow the stream of force.
Everything exists.
Nothing exists. Reality is a question of energy and perception. Nihilism
is an expression that reveals lack of energy. Meaning exists if energy exists.
Everything can be true and become true through a focusing of the right vision
though the right force and right action to the right goal. |
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| Esoteric
Comments to the Three Basic Concepts
of Draconian Magic |
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1. Vision: The word dragon
comes from a Greek verb which means "to see". The word can also
mean "to flash". Draconian magic is the magic of clear-seeing.
Most people are living in a glass globe which is misted over by themselves.
Through the mist they can only see the outlines of the world outside. The
mist reflects the image of themselves and they are interpreting the world
outside through their own reflection. They are caught in "a bubble
of self-contemplation".
Man receives information about the other side only after having filtered
it through the self. When we are reaching intellectual knowledge it is filtered
through a number of categories that are creating our understanding. The
three main categories that we are understanding the world through are time,
space and causality (cause and effect). The categories are creating our
universe. The picture that we are receiving through the intellect and the
categories is what we are calling cosmos, order and the side of light. The
ideal state of perfect logical and intellectual understanding in the categoric
system is what in mysticism and religion have been attributed to the world
of the gods. The world outside the glass globe is what is called chaos and
the unknown. It is "the dark side".
It is also "the other side" or "the other" in relation
to man who inside the glass globe is the starting point for his own understanding
" the one", "the only one" or "the first".
These are terms that usually are assigned to God. God or he gods are ideal
images of oneself as one would like to see oneself and how one would like
reality to be, in he mirror image. The other or the dark is the unknown
outside. On this man are projecting fear for what is outside himself. The
draconian path of clear seeing is by cleaning the globe from the mist so
that the world outside is appearing clear and in its wholeness. The draconian
path also makes transcendence outside the glass globe possible. The vision
of the world outside is the drakon-principle :"to see".
2. Force: The vision of the world/worlds brings knowledge. Knowledge is
force. Every closed system (which the world inside the globe is) has a limited
amount of energy. The energy and the ability of perception are connected.
This is why the draconian paths (Kundalini yoga, Odinistic initiation, Typhonian
alchemy etc) are focusing the inner energy to heightened perception to reach
clear seeing, which will bring the possibility to get energy from the outside.
This inner force is called "the inner dragon" and the outer force
is called "the outer dragon".
Everything is force and energy in different and on different levels of vibration.
The world inside the globe is a stabilized system of energy in fixed form.
The fixed energy is not accessible for man. Inside the fixed form is a core
of pure free and moving force like the lava in the centre of the earth.
This is the force that the magician is using and focusing to open a crack
in the globe so that the world outside is accessible. In the world outside
an infinite amount of force is now accessible for the magician. The magician
uses the inner force to attain a vision of the outer force. This vision
creates a charge of the inner force which increases the ability to see and
access the outer force. It demands great force to see and to see gives great
force.
3. Action: The third principle in the trinity of draconian
magic is the necessary consequence and result of vision
and force: action. Magic is the art and science to make
actions, outer and inner that makes reality of a vision.
If the vision seeking and heightened force of the magician
is not used in concrete actions the magician will become
burned out. Action is the necessary channel for the force
that the magician is attaining through the vision of "the
other side". Action is the expression of magic. Through
the force of the actions the magician can make his visions
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The Dragon is the winged
serpent. The Dragon unites the serpent with the eagle, what is below with
what is above.
The Dragon is the four elements. The wings are Air. The reptile body is
Earth. The scales is Water and the burning breath is Fire. Thus the Dragon
is the fifth element – the Spirit.
The Dragon is, in the form of Ouroboros, the serpent that bites its own
tail. The Dragon is the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning.
The Dragon is beyond good and evil, night and day, female and male, plus
and minus. The Dragon arises through the meeting of opposites. The Dragon
is the polarity between plus and minus.
The Dragon is the symbol of Tao – the Journey – and the Journey
is the goal. The Dragon is dynamic eternity.
The dark is the unknown, what is repressed from the conscious. In the dark
is the hidden treasures of the soul.
If we light a candle a shadow appears. The more we strive for light the
bigger shadow will grow behind us.
In darkness we can find fear. Through confronting darkness we are confronting
fear and can be free from it. If we escape the darkness our fear will grow
for what is in the darkness.
In Dragon Rouge a balance between dark and light, the creative and the destructive
is the goal. |
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