Anthony Testa - The Key of the Abyss.pdf

of the 60’s and 70’s, seems to grasp the nature of the beings that dwell
in the Outer Darkness (as in the quote from the Book of Enoch,
above): According to that collection of ancient Cabalistic lore, the
Zohar, Great Azazel and his cohorts had had to assume tangible
bodies in order to descend upon the earth. Because of their revolt
against higher authority and the ties with this world which they had
subsequently formed, they were unable to divest themselves of these
material forms and ascend into the heavenly spaces again.
It is from these exiled beings that all true magical knowledge and
power is said to be derived. 297 (My emphasis) . It is therefore
imperative that, when reconstructing, or more likely synthesizing, the
formula of Witchcraft we take into account the nature of the beings
with whom we must traffic.
297 From the Introduction to Mastering Witchcraft Paul Huson, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970
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