“There is a point in the history of society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender

that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly."
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

Today is an interesting day. While i'm writing this chapter i'm banned for a minimal of seven days for saying "we should exterminate all Muslims". I deserved it, it's a rather extreme expression. But this is a dark school so the dark side of a human is not a problem here. In here these things can be expressed freely, and we will dive into the root of these forms of evil a bit deeper. 

It's no longer hard to see that we are in the middle of what Islam calls "the Jihad", the conquest of paradise. And this thing called "paradise" would be the world Christians have build with their creative skills. The creators vs the destroyers. Both patterns can be found within the key of the abyss. As above so below. 

What part does the dark school of ancient mysteries have to play in this? That should be the question, as we are clearly making moves. To see beyond darkness is to get rid of your humble opinion and accept that there is a reason for everything. And mostly a very good reason too, you just weren't sharp enough to notice. Ever since you where born people have attempted to domesticate you by shaping you according to a specific belief system. Love your neighbour, don't murder or violate other peoople's rights and what ever you do try not to make a mess. These rules cannot be touched, therefore they manifest beyond the physical plane. Forming a spiritual path on which your mind can travel into the desired direction. Because even when we are sitting still, our mind is still a wanderer.

“Harm seldom befalls the watchful man,
for you can never have
a more faithful friend
than a good supply of wisdom.”
― Jackson Crawford, The Wanderer's Havamal

But no matter how much we try to bend the wandering mind into the desired direction, it keeps searching for unknown paths. New ways to explore. This is how the power of the mind to be unconquerable manifests itself. It keeps treating the spiritual black box as an escape room.  The mind is the master of the universe. 

"Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth." - Revelation 16:1

Seven seals, Seven angels, Seven bowls, Seven ancient mysteries to be revealed. A single mind rules them all. Sounds familiar? One ring to rule them all. Slowly we crawl up from chaos, we rise up the great chain of being and discover that every cause has it's effect. Every move creates opportunities. Before it falls down, it has to climb up. If it doesn't climb up, it cannot fall down. Keep this in mind next time you start talking about the concept of a fallen angel. You are talking about something that was only human once.

All things that rise must fall. The pendulum swing is in everything. This is the second seal, the principle of Rhythm. And as soon as you understand this concept, you see the rhytm in everything. In science this is called "pattern recognition". In strategy this is your most important trait. Once you can understand this you are ready to conquer. And conquer you will, because the wandering mind searches for a new cartesian plane to explore. A new plane to navigate the various ways of cause and effect. That's when you can finally hear "the song of God". He who stands behind the rows of division can see the singularity in everything. 

"You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become"- Bhagavad Gita, the song of God

Any man walking on the path of conquest will eventually come across the principle of gender. For there is nothing a good man desires more then to conquer the heart of a women. Try and you might find out we are not all created equal, but we are all created to multiply. Between the law of attraction the space between opposing positions serves as a spark gap, triggering the creative skills of a man to expand themselves beyond previous limits. Love is a powerful potion. Once you take a drink from that cup you'll change forever. On your journey of conquest you will also find out that love is where most men meet their downfall. For there is no better recipe for destruction then to fall in love with your greatest enemy. And you should have known, because you can recognize them by the fruits of labor if you didn't forget the lessons learned about cause and effect. Don't let the power of love blind you from knowing your enemy. The worst form of suffering is reserved for the hellbound heart. 

“Pleasure was pain there, and vice versa. And he knew it well enough to call it home.”
― Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

Most never make it beyond this plane. Once you're hellbound you walk in vicious circles constantly repeating the same mistake over and over. The truth will set you free. Temet nosce. Repeat the same choice, get the same outcome. The only right answer is to find a better way within. A better understanding of the variety in polarities might be a good start. That's where we reach the next principle of Hermetic philosophy. Fire can both be extinquished with water and earth. It is the air that fans the flame. The deeper you dive into the Abyss of Gender the more you will see the polarity in everything. And you will see that polarity rises above gender. Polarity doesn't only multiply, polarity also divides. 

"True observers of nature, although they may think differently,

will still agree that everything that is, everything that is observable as a phenomenon,

can only exhibit itself in one of two ways.

It is either a primal polarity that is able to unify, or it is a primal unity that is able to divide."
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In this constant battle between multiplication and division there is no resting point. All things are in constant motion. Lack of balance in a core that's constantly climbing the spiral up or down, causing a vibrational force in the center. In this field of vibrations the entire universe reveals itself. Even when you are standing still, the planet on which you move is always following a path, a trajectory. This is the flow of the universe and this flow also manifests deep inside the human soul. As soon as you see this the law of correspondance reveals itself. 

"All things are in a state of vibration. Vibrations from objects

in our surroundings are constantly impinging upon us and carry to

our senses a cognition of the external world. The vibrations in the

ether act upon our eyes so that we see, and vibrations in the air

transmit sounds to the ear." ― Max Heindel

As above so below. As the universe, so the soul. Through multiple planes the law of symmetry can be found in everything. Cause and effect, male and female, up and down, hot and cold. Even in every question and answer the law of correspondance manifests. All things in existence have an equal and opposite reflection. A shadow, hidden in the dark until you shed some light on yourself. From the primordial chaos, all structure is born. The vacuum of unknowing keeps searching for knowledge. From the emptyness all energy is born. As the universe so the soul, as the body so the mind. And once the body is still, the mind starts moving. Once the mind stands still, the whole body starts moving. The absolute point of zero motion is the absolute point of death. And from the dead we become reborn. 

 "Each night, when I go to sleep, I die.

And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."

― Mahatma Gandhi

But to comprehend this proces the last stage is most important to know; "as the universe so the soul". If the soul is mind, the universe is mind. As above so below. If the universe and the soul are both mind, the mind is all. Everything you see is a product of simulation and the simulation produces everything you see. We create as we dream. And if we create what we dream our dreams are the foundation of creation. A mind that imagines is a mind that realizes. What it realizes depends on the energy and time invested. Willpower is manifestation. But eventually every creation ends in destruction as the structure collapses, the chaos grows and the information slowly decays. Only God knows how to keep the balance. No matter how much we learn, it will never be enough to understand all. 

Know thyself.

"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."
― Albert Einstein

After explaining the seven hermetic principals to open the door to the creative mind, do you understand that nothing is without purpose? The dark school of ancient mysteries stands at the side of creation. But that does not mean it follows Christian doctrines. All religions have been polluted through the ages to keep the ones following it weak and obedient. The dark school opens the doorway to the Heroes journey. It tries to overcome previous limitations. Limitations that manifest on many planes, physical, mental, social and practical. The Solomonari create their own path and only listen to the voice of the monad. The song of God that keeps whispering through the ages. We don't only listen, eventually we sing along.

"I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth;

I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.

You gave me victory over my accusers."
― 2 Samuel 22
David’s Song of Praise