巴巴倫儀式
巴巴倫儀式(英語:Babalon Working)是一系列魔法儀式,於1946年1月至3月期間由作家、開創性火箭燃料科學家、神秘學家傑克·帕森斯,以及山達基(科學教)創始人L·羅恩·賀伯特進行。[1]這個儀式本質上目的是顯現一名原型女神叫巴巴倫的個體化身。該計劃是基於阿萊斯特·克勞利的想法,以及他在1917年小說《月童》中描述的一個類似計劃。[2]
儀式
當帕森斯宣布這一系列儀式中的第一次儀式完成並取得成功時,他立即與瑪喬麗·卡麥隆在家中見面,並將她視為他和賀伯特透過該儀式呼喚出來的元素精靈。[3]不久,帕森斯開始了這個儀式系列的下一個階段,嘗試透過性愛魔法來懷胎。雖然沒有懷胎,但並沒有影響儀式的結果。卡麥隆被帕森斯視為腥紅女士(Scarlet Woman),也就是由儀式召喚出來的巴巴倫,他們很快便結婚了。
這個儀式的施行很大程度上引用了英國作家和神秘學家阿萊斯特·克勞利所描述的儀式和性愛魔法。在巴巴倫儀式的過程中,克勞利與帕森斯一直保持著聯繫,並且警告他正在進行的魔法對他產生潛在的過度反應,同時也嘲笑帕森斯的所作所為。[4]
巴巴倫之書,Liber 49
傑克·帕森斯撰寫了一本簡報文本名叫《巴巴倫之書》(The Book of Babalon)或者叫《Liber 49》,該文本關於在巴巴倫儀式期間他收到來自女神巴巴倫的傳話。[3]
參見
參考資料
- ^ Urban, Hugh B. The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion. Princeton University Press. 2011: 39–42 [2018-06-16]. ISBN 9780691146089. (原始內容存檔於2016-04-30).
The aim of Parson's "Babalon Working" was first to identify a female partner who would serve as his partner in esoteric sexual rituals; the partner would then become the vessel for the "magickal child" or "moonchild," a supernatural offspring that would be the embodiment of ultimate power.... According to Parson's account of March 2–3, 1946, Hubbard channeled the voice of Babalon, speaking as the beautiful but terrible lady....
- ^ Urban, Hugh B. The Beast with Two Backs. Magia Sexualis: Sex, Magic, And Liberation in Modern Western Esotericism. University of California Press. 2006: 135–137 [2018-06-16]. ISBN 9780520247765. (原始內容存檔於2016-05-29).
The ultimate goal of these operations, carried out during February and March 1946, was to give birth to the magical being, or "moonchild," described in Crowley's works. Using the powerful energy of IX degree Sex Magick, the rites were intended to open a doorway through which the goddess Babalon herself might appear in human form.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 Pendle, George. Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life Of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2006: 263–271 [2018-06-20]. ISBN 9780156031790. (原始內容存檔於2016-05-11).
- ^ Sutin, Lawrence. Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. Macmillan. 2002: 412–414 [2018-06-20]. ISBN 9780312252434. (原始內容存檔於2016-05-02).
外部連結
- Staley, Michael (1989). The Babalon Working (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) in Starfire (Vol. 1, No. 3). London: BCM Starfire.
- The Book of Babalon (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) from Sacred-Texts.com
- The Book of Babalon (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館) from Hermetic.com
- Kaos Magazine 14 (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), dedicated to Babalon Working.