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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
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1.0.1 About the Author
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1.1 Shadows in the Earth........................................................................................................................................................2
1.1.1 Goals and Methods..........................................................................................................................................3
1.1.2 Inner Secrets of The Cabal..............................................................................................................................4
1.1.3 What's In A Name?.........................................................................................................................................5
1.1.4 Magical Realism, or, What I Made Up...........................................................................................................5
2 Chapter One: Realms and Spheres..................................................................................................................................7
2.1 The Nature of Reality.........................................................................................................................................8
2.2 The Four Realms................................................................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Assiah, the Material..........................................................................................................................8
2.2.2 Yetzirah, the Astral...........................................................................................................................9
2.2.3 Briah, the Iconic..............................................................................................................................13
2.2.4 The Abyss.......................................................................................................................................14
2.2.5 Atziluth, the Spiritual......................................................................................................................14
2.2.6 Parallel Worlds
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2.2.7 The Anthropic Principle
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2.2.8 Into The Astral Without Gun Or Camera.......................................................................................15
2.2.9 Planetary Spheres............................................................................................................................16
2.2.10 The Zodiacal Houses
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2.2.11 The Elemental Planes
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2.2.12 Psionics.........................................................................................................................................18
2.2.13 Memory Palaces............................................................................................................................18
2.2.14 The Sephiroth................................................................................................................................19
2.2.15 Daath.............................................................................................................................................20
3 Chapter Two: Hermetic Magic
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3.1 First Principles
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3.1.1 In Theory
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3.1.2 And Practice....................................................................................................................................22
3.2 Astrological Modifiers.....................................................................................................................................22
3.3 The 36 Decans..................................................................................................................................................25
3.3.1 Decan Name....................................................................................................................................26
3.3.2 Agchoni™n.....................................................................................................................................26
3.3.3 Akhouiy..........................................................................................................................................27
3.3.4 Akton..............................................................................................................................................27
3.3.5 Alath
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3.3.6 Alleborith........................................................................................................................................28
3.3.7 Anatreth
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3.3.8 Anost r...........................................................................................................................................29
3.3.9 Ar™tosael.......................................................................................................................................30
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3.3.10 Atrax.............................................................................................................................................30
3.3.11 Axi™ph th...................................................................................................................................31
3.3.12 Barsafael.......................................................................................................................................31
3.3.13 Belbel............................................................................................................................................31
3.3.14 Bianakith.......................................................................................................................................32
3.3.15 Buldum ch...................................................................................................................................32
3.3.16 Charchnoumis...............................................................................................................................33
3.3.17 Eneuth...........................................................................................................................................33
3.3.18 Harpax...........................................................................................................................................34
3.3.19 Hephesimereth..............................................................................................................................34
3.3.20 Ieropa l.........................................................................................................................................35
3.3.21 Isrö................................................................................................................................................35
3.3.22 Iudal..............................................................................................................................................35
3.3.23 Kumeat l......................................................................................................................................36
3.3.24 Kurta l..........................................................................................................................................36
3.3.25 Marder™.......................................................................................................................................37
3.3.26 Methiax.........................................................................................................................................37
3.3.27 Na™th...........................................................................................................................................38
3.3.28 Nefthada........................................................................................................................................38
3.3.29 Ouare.............................................................................................................................................39
3.3.30 Phoub l.........................................................................................................................................39
3.3.31 Phthenoth......................................................................................................................................40
3.3.32 Ro l d..........................................................................................................................................40
3.3.33 Ruax..............................................................................................................................................41
3.3.34 Sahu..............................................................................................................................................41
3.3.35 Saphathoraél.................................................................................................................................41
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3.3.36 Sphand™r.....................................................................................................................................42
3.3.37 Tepsisem.......................................................................................................................................42
3.4 Decanate Reference Table................................................................................................................................43
3.5 The Laws of Sympathy....................................................................................................................................45
3.5.1 The Law of Contagion....................................................................................................................45
3.5.2 The Law of Similarity.....................................................................................................................45
3.5.3 The Law of Names..........................................................................................................................46
3.5.4 A Sympathetic Synthesis: The "Voodoo Doll"
...............................................................................47
3.6 Materia et Exempli...........................................................................................................................................47
3.6.1 Alchemy..........................................................................................................................................47
3.6.2 Magic Items....................................................................................................................................48
3.6.3 Sacred Architecture
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3.6.4 An Example of Hermetic Magic.....................................................................................................48
3.6.5 Thoroughly Modern Astrology.......................................................................................................49
3.6.6 Decans without Colleges
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3.6.7 Magical Lenses...............................................................................................................................50
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3.6.8 When The Stars Are Right..............................................................................................................52
3.6.9 Other Potential Modifiers...............................................................................................................53
3.6.10 Ritual Magic.................................................................................................................................58
3.6.11 GURPS Celtic Myth Tree Magic..................................................................................................58
3.6.12 Rune Magic...................................................................................................................................58
3.6.13 Clerical Magic
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3.6.14 Kabbalah and the Cabal................................................................................................................59
4 Chapter Three: Lies and Legends..................................................................................................................................61
4.1 The History of the Cabal..................................................................................................................................62
4.1.1 In the Beginning
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4.1.2 The Splendor That Was Egypt........................................................................................................62
4.1.3 Dark Ages and Dissension..............................................................................................................64
4.1.4 The Renaissance
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4.1.5 The Enlightenment..........................................................................................................................67
4.1.6 The Victorian Era
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4.1.7 The Cusp of the Millennium...........................................................................................................68
4.2 The Geography of the Cabal............................................................................................................................69
4.2.1 The Cabal Around the World
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4.2.2 The Gates of Thoth.........................................................................................................................70
4.3 Whispers in the Darkness.................................................................................................................................71
4.3.1 The Great Quests
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4.3.2 Immortality.....................................................................................................................................72
4.3.3 The Hieropolis................................................................................................................................73
4.3.4 History Is The Bunk........................................................................................................................74
4.3.5 Djinn Battles...................................................................................................................................74
4.3.6 Christ?.............................................................................................................................................75
4.3.7 The Hell−Fire Club.........................................................................................................................75
4.3.8 Francis Barrett................................................................................................................................75
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4.3.9 The Golden Dawn...........................................................................................................................75
4.3.10 Dr. Selden Graves.........................................................................................................................76
4.3.11 Cairo
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4.3.12 What About China?
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4.3.13 Elizabethan London......................................................................................................................78
4.3.14 GURPS Cyberworld.....................................................................................................................78
5 Chapter Four: Laws and Lodges
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5.1 The Structure of the Cabal...............................................................................................................................80
5.1.1 Who Can Be A Member.................................................................................................................80
5.1.2 Ultors and Passers...........................................................................................................................81
5.1.3 Outer Circle
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5.1.4 Middle Circle..................................................................................................................................84
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