Testing the Night of Pan

by

Frater Centaurus

3°=8^o A^A^

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Modern physicists tell us that there is no such thing as the ‘vacuum of space.’  And that in fact, there is actually a repulsive form of energy (anti-gravity) that fills this seeming vacuum and counteracts the force of gravity at every possible interaction.  In fact, sixty-six percent of the Universe is comprised of this ‘Dark Energy’ with another thirty-three percent of the Universe being comprised of ‘Dark Matter’ and astoundingly, only one-half of one percent of the Universe being composed of visible matter.  And in order to get definitions out of the way, visible matter is also called ‘Baryonic Matter.’  Baryons are groups of Quarks affected by the ‘Strong Nuclear Force.’

We are further told that when the Universe becomes twice its present age, Dark Energy will comprise ninety-seven percent of the energy in the Universe and that Dark Matter will become insignificant; assuming our knowledge of this doesn’t change.  This anti-gravitational Dark Energy is pushing space apart in a process called ‘Cosmic Acceleration.’  The result will be that at some point, the speed of galaxies moving away from each other will eventually overtake the speed of light, as photons will lose their ability to keep up with the moving speed of the expanding space that they are traveling through.  This will formulate an ‘Event Horizon’ that will ultimately limit what we can see of the Universe until we come eventually, to be able to see only a fraction of it.

As physicists continue to explore this new discovery, they may come to discover that this Dark Energy may also decay and cause the Universe to reverse this process and contract again.  Theories such as ‘Quintessence,’ that are attempting to show that this matter can decay are being explored.  This counterbalances the theory of the ‘Cosmological Constant,’ which itself is still not understood, though it is the integral explanation for the viability of Cosmic Acceleration.

Though we may be made of star stuff, the Universe is primarily not.  Even half the gravity that holds the Earth in its orbit is from Dark Matter, which also holds our galaxy together.  As Thelemites, knowing that the new understanding generated because of modern science and that leads us away from superstitions such as the Sun dying every night, we have to ask:  Is Dark Energy the ‘Night of Pan?’  And perhaps, the Nightside of the Tree-of-Life is a much larger construct, if it were built on Dark Matter and contrasted with the star stuff of the ‘Dayside.’

Yet remember that these two sides are connected through Yesod and Da’ath.  The examination of Dark Matter will make this scientifically apparent.  Dark Matter is comprised of three particles; the Neutrino (actually known by physicists, to exist) along with the theoretical particles, the Neutralino (one hundred times heavier than a Proton) and Axion (one-trillionth the mass of an Electron); both referred to as ‘cold dark matter.’  The Neutrino’s mass is less than one-billionth that of a hydrogen atom and accounts for about one-fifth of the Dark Matter in the Universe.  Neutrinos can oscillate between Muon and Electron varieties and may exist in other dimensions as shown to us in String Theory.  Each particle may have a much larger ‘shadow particle,’ the super massive right-handed Neutrino, also called the ‘N-Particle.’  Or it may have a dark doppelganger that lives in a world outside our own.

Neutrinos are considered immune to Electromagnetic force as well as the sub-atomic Strong force and Gravity.  It is the Weak nuclear force that affects Neutrinos and is described by Fermi’s Theory of ‘Beta Decay,’ which makes atomic nuclei unstable and results in the transformation of sub-atomic particles.  Beta Decay emits an electron as a Neutrino transforms into a Proton with some of the energy in this process being carried off by a Neutrino.  The ‘Electron Neutrino’ can morph into a Muon or Tav Neutrino as it becomes coupled with Muons and Tavs.  For a better understanding of this, the following chart is presented:

Twelve fundamental particles called Fermions, compose all of matter with six being Quarks and six being Leptons.  In our everyday world, we see only ‘Generation 1’ Fermions; these are Electrons along with Up and Down Quarks, which combine to form Neutrons and Protons.  Fermions of Generation II and III tend to decay into lower generations.  And when any heavy Lepton decays, one of the by-products is it correspondingly named Neutrino.  Matter particles interact by exchanging force particles, Bosons, which carry the Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic forces—but can’t explain Gravity.

And this is a particularly fascinating note when considering the morphing capacity of Neutrinos.  It seems almost as if an act of Will could get these Neutrinos to hook up with any level of Lepton.  As a matter of fact, the fact that there are three generations of Leptons and an evolutionary path that moves towards the first generation is not unlike the three veils of the Tree-of-Life.

String Theory has been developed to reconcile Gravity with Quantum Theory.  It suggests that there is a particle called the Graviton and obviously, not placed on the above chart.  And it would be great to place this particle in the as yet undiscovered world of Dark Matter and construct another chart, of corresponding shall we say, Dark Fermions and Bosons.  In Thelemic science, we already have this Nightside Tree and the concept of the Night of Pan or N.O.X.  But we have one major problem before we can even hope to validate this Thelemic prediction.  String Theory itself lacks empirical support as the things that it predicts are at a level beyond our ability to experiment upon and measure.  And the Strings themselves are quantified as light, though light is said to be an electromagnetic construct and perhaps originates in another dimension.

In Liber Immortalitas vel Lucifuge, the comparison has already been made between the light of Strings and the Phosphylation of the cell.  The fact that light may come from an invisible fifth dimension could indicate this dark realm of matter and energy…dark only because we have yet not the tools to see this.  And the entire model of String Theory, though opening a door or Gate as Kenneth Grant might put it, may really miss a mark as much as it presents a new mark beyond a certain portal.  Is this darkly splendid world prophesied by the Night of Pan and in its relation to the Tunnels of Set?  It may be some time before we can even speculate on this with any greater insight.  But as science has helped us to understand that the Sun burns unceasingly, rather than dying daily; lifting us out of a superstitious age and igniting the Thelemic paradigm, so we must be patient for our partners in the scientific community as we truly are living in that time when science and religion will again become one.

Moving beyond canonized Thelemic Doctrine, there are a few emerging considerations.  The first that readily comes to mind is on the subject of dimensions.  Chesed gives us a three-dimensional figure that finds movement in Geburah.  Well if one can understand this without it being too abstract, then why would one have trouble with sentience in Tiphareth?  Yet this is a major mystery.  So we should draw our attention to the need to explore the Pythagorean geometry expressed earlier on...point, line, 2-dimensional surface...leading up to three-dimensional cube...and consider what this might be in a relativistic rendering.  String Theory seems to address this somewhat...though when scientists start talking like poets, they usually show that they lack the skills poets have.  Still, the description when talking about 1-dimensional strings usually implies the idea of distance as if we backed away from a view of a stadium crowd...first, all we'd see is heads...but soon enough, just the top of heads.

So as we move closer, dimensions pile on up to the third...and then comes time, the fourth and I would have no trouble assigning that to Netzach as emotion is so often based in relative time.  The pain of yesterday can even be laughed at today.  And the fifth dimension suggested by Quantum Theory brings us spirituality, which I would have no trouble assigning to Hod.  Hod is traditionally attributed to Mercury/Intellect, and we can infer from this, reason, which Plato would call the Pneuma (Spirit).  Yesod then brings us to evolution as it draws from the Nightside of the Tree and hence as I suggest above, Dark Matter and Dark Energy.  They formulate and Etheric Plane of electromagnetic energy that we can ultimately call Malkuth in light of Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet's brilliant insight on 'True Matter' as discussed in Liber Vox Viva Voce vel Video.

My principal speculation on this is that light is itself, the fifth dimension.  If the fourth dimension is time that situationally pits us in a three dimensional construct, the fifth dimension illuminates that construct with sentience.  For Physicists, trying to remain so secularly oriented and singularly disciplined, they seem to me to be missing the mark.  They really need to become Interdisciplinarians and begin to contemplate both the qualities of sentient consciousness (fifth dimension) and the spiritual divinity that this overtly implies.

The physicist, John Cramer, theorizes that Dark Matter is composed of Axions that resemble an electro-magnetic field that he sees as two separate fields working in parallel to each other.  Axions would then be converted into Photons with their estimated mass-energy creating electro-magnetic microwaves.  Boris Iskatov has devised a theory that uses equations to obtain a quantum hologram (bringing to mind the work of Richard and Iona Miller) and Anatoly Ohatim claims that he has confirmed the existence of a microlepton gas that requires the use of an ‘aurometer’ to detect and measure.  This of course, parallels the work of Harold Aspden who claims to have proven that the Aethyr of both Eliphas Levi and Newtonian physics actually is real. 

Father Jerome divides the Axion into four different characteristics: a positive particle with a positive spin; a negative half-integer particle with the negative half-integer spin; a positive particle with a positive integer spin and a negative particle with a negative integer spin.  Moving back then to the ideas of the neo-Platonists, we have an interesting parallel to the idea of the four elements (Fire, Water Air and Earth).  Father Jerome then model’s consciousness by pairing these off to connect with the corporeal, physical brain in one dimension and to an incorporeal ‘higher self’ in another dimension.

In the Enochian work of Runar, Dark Energy is identified as the ‘Black Fire’ (Fire having the traditional double-duty of acting as Spirit in Western Occultism) and his Enochian works are full of references to this. The QUAR of I Ged is a pure call on this fire, but Runar notes that the NI are those that really utilize it and “brings the ecstasy in.”  For him, “[I]t’s a concept belonging to the trinity or the Supernal [Triad].”  He further notes that it could be found in the Aur as it is the medium that Hadit resides in.  This of course, takes us further outside canonized Thelemic Doctrine, but further validates the work of the DOzmt Index.  Runar further states:

I found the easiest way to produce Black Fire was to mix Active and Passive Fire, as its equilibrium produces this "static" Black Fire. It was regularly called the ‘Frozen Fire’ by the Enochian Entities, which is absurd, but calling it static is equally absurd as it doesn’t exist. But it feels that way.  The passive fire or contractive fire is what in the calls of Dee and Kelly is called the ‘Fire of Gathering.’

If the black fire is caused to contract, it will split and manifest as some known kind of fire, because it have got the forces of contraction and expansion tied in equilibrium. I believe its this process which is called zim-zum in Jewish Qabalah.  What you call dark matter I guess would be the root of Earth.  (Cf. Runar's article on Hermetic principles below:)  

Considering that Dark Energy and Dark Matter have been linked with the Night of Pan, and Pan is about generation and incarnation (Cf. Setting Pan), there is a nice compliment in Runar’s essay on the root of Earth.  And of course, the "primal attachment" is akin to the nature of the 'Beast' as the Bud-Will...the incarnating force inside vibrating matter, which is the Cup of Babalon...setting up of course, the central Thelemic symbol of Babalon astride the Beast.

A nice corollary here is that Runar’s work expands on the accepted Thelemic canon and sets up the awareness that Thelemic Doctrine has not found its own 'Grand Unified Theory' in accord with that lacking in Physics also.  This further validates the assertion that the Aquarian Aeon hasn't arrived yet...this Aeon of Horus is the set up to usher it in.  Though we must keep striving to keep Thelema as a living art and science; against those forces that are trying to seal it up and have Crowley be it’s one and only voice.

The Fundamental Astrological Principles
The Constituents of Our Psychic Reality

by Runar Karlsen

The line  -  The point  .  The cross +  The Circle o  The bow  )  The arrow  -> 

These are the symbols of the principles behind astrology. The 6 can be recognized from the symbols of the old planets apart from the line, which have been overlooked or it might have been so well integrated in the symbols that it is impossible to recognize. Today we are not aware of how the symbols of the planets were made or by who, but these are recognized as the hermetic symbols of the western tradition. The symbols of the new planets are usually not created by these as those that have made them have had no specific knowledge of those old symbols.

To speak about these principles is difficult as they are so fundamental to us and they are hard to separate from its opposite. In our reality they hardly ever appear alone, and can therefore not be studied in depth without the use of ritual magick. I don't even know if our language is precise enough to truly separate these principle, but an approximation is better than no attempt and therefore you can read this.

The keywords given must be considered as approximate and not as complete and full descriptions of the qualities of the principles, as the principles must regarded as mystic. To change between the keywords used in contemplating the elements is also recommended. 

X The Unknown factor. There exists a mystery that is impenetrable and unfathomable, just as mystics at all times have asserted.  This unknown factor is beyond language and beyond consciousness, and is therefore nothing to write about. What we understand we cant say anything about, we better be silent about.

The 2 premises or root principles.

=  =|= Equal and odd.

These are the principles of spirit, ether or akasha. These are called premises as they are the premises for the foundation of space that the elements can inhabit.

=
Keywords: Equal, Balance - Also, Truth and  Divine Law.
The prinsciple of equality is the constituting form behind what's identical and thereby also identity. It is recognized in agreement, truce and solidarity. It is the foundation of growth, but to actually grow,  it needs it complementary, as balance in itself is static. Truth in its basic use denotes the equality or parallelism between description and the described.
 
=|=
Keywords: Unequal, odd, dynamic,
The odd principle is the first transformer and is the unique element but also that behind iniquity. Compared to balance this is the place where balance turns over in some form of surplus and gives the balance the possibility to reestablish and as such make this pair a dynamo of progress. 

 - .     Not being & being (essence).

The line and the point.  Together these make up the mode of consciousness; the cardinal mode and the Guna of Rajas.

The line: Keywords:  nothing, not, empty, void, space, relation, space between.

The point: Keywords: Essence, being, the coordinate, consciousness, core.

The Line represents the foundation of space in the form of void. This gives space for coordinates and spacemarks.

The Point represents Essences (from Greek usine = being), it is the spark of consciousness, but it has got no extension, it is a coordinate in space and is to us our point of view. It is no substance, but somehow it must be said to be substantial as this point and position is the vital point. And its heavy. Crowley's description of the phenomena of Hadit fits in here.

+ o  Objective and subjective.

The cross and the circle. Together these make up the Fixed mode. The Guna of Tamas. This pair is concerned about surroundings/environment and the means of understanding it.

Keywords:

The cross: Objective, matter, substance,

The circle: Subjective, mind, viewpoint, root of property.

Subjectivity is about the how does things look like from a particular viewpoint. Subjectivity can also be said to be the integrated property of the essence; which will include talents, the means by which the essence can express itself by. It is also here that our collective understanding of physical property and ownership have got its spiritual origin.

)    -->   passive and active.

The bow and the arrow, or the wand and the cup.  Together these make up the mode of speed; the mode of mobility. The Guna of Sattva.

These are the principles that usually goes in astrology as masculine and feminine. I regard that as highly confusing. When studying the sexes to see what's particularly masculine or feminine,  it is usually just the sexual organs that are left as truly gender specific. And then these symbols can also be regarded as the lingam and the yoni.

The arrow: Keywords: Active, impulsive,  focused, will, expansive.

The bow: Keywords: passive, receptive, receiving, perceptive, feeling, contractive.
 
Formative principles are = - + ) while the others can be said to be forces. ( respectively Aub and Aud)
 
The elements.

Elements are the common mediums which the unknown factor uses to interact. All ten elements can be called by use of the pentagram.

First Spirit = Agreement, peace, life space, opening.
Second Spirit =|= Difference, dynamic, closing

Fire
Active Fire (traditional Fire)

. o ->
Active subjective essence.
This element manifests as confidence of self, joy, vigour and expansion. Strength of action, focused action.

Passive Fire
. o )

Passive/contractive subjective essence:
This is an element that is connected with regret, repentance, critique, blaming and accusations. It is the natural balance of the ordinary fire, which alone may be blind for the environment. On a quieter modus this element manifests as interest in self, internal reflections and contemplativeness. Hellfire.

.o The root of Fire is subjective essence.

These two principles makes also up the symbol of the Sun. It is the "I am" within the frames of subjectivity. It is an identity enabled with evaluation. It is therefore an existence that may fully manifest in an environment and interact with its evaluations that it will be very visible. A strong identity and presence.

Water
The root of water is receptive relation. This translates as emotion, and feeling - awareness of the environment.

Subjective Water (trad. Water)
- o )
receptive subjective relation.

Emotional - awareness of the environment including the subjective part, which pulls this towards the beholder and its pleasure.

Objective Water (referred to as passive spirit by AC)
- + ) Receptive, objective relation.

Emotional and awareness of the environment plus the objective mode, that makes this the cold version of water. It feels and extracts knowledge out of the situation, but are not moved emotionally. It can grow cynical, but the mode is neuter and gives therefore water the option of freedom and integrity. This element are closely related to meditation.

Air
Objective Air (trad. Air)
- + >
Active objective relations.  This element is the vital one behind things like attitudes, language, intellect.

Language and speaking can be seen as the active --> use of insubstantial - objects + (symbols). Attitudes can be seen as principles applied to settings (relations) Therefore we also can see that air/space sets up the structures that creates the channels for activity (fire). 

Subjective Air (referred to as active spirit by AC)
- o >

Inspiration, rush, participation, interpretation.

This element focuses more on the meaningful use of the qualities of air, while the traditional are more responsible for the construction of the mental world, this element takes the subjective touch and sorts out the valuable meanings. It is therefore easy to connect to artists and persuasion.
                                                                         
The root of Air is active relation.
-  >

If we say active void, we can immediately say wind as the concrete example of this, if we say active relational; we can understand an activity of interaction without necessarily physical involvement, though it may indirectly give physical result.

Earth

Active Earth'
. + >
Active objective essence. => substance in excess = growth.
This version of Earth is connected with the fertility of the earth. It brings lust, creativity and healing.

Passive Earth (trad. earth)
. + )
passive objective essence.
This is the conservative earth, that protects and preserves. It is connected with patience, confidence and endurance.

Earth: The root of earth are in the two common principles: objective and essence, which together translates easily as matter. I don't think I could find a more precise definition of the element earth, but as an psychic element the expression needs more explanation. It is the "I am" verified and made unquestionable as it implies a greater degree of identification with the means the consciousness expresses itself through. The body is the first and best example to use. Identification and  strong bonding with more outer objects are also quite common, but these things are usually seen as a not too healthy attachment. The Root of Earth does nevertheless initiate primal attachment, as we could say its simply the carnation principle. Essence incorporated. Essence proved by objective means.

The composition of the elements:
Spirit1 =
Spirit2 =|=
traditional Fire . O >
passive fire .O )
Trad. Water -O )
indwelling water - + )
trad. Air - + >
subjective Air - O >
Trad Earth .+ )
active earth .+ >

This makes up 5 elements, that have two versions each. These corresponds exactly to the Chinese model. Treatise on the Chinese elsewhere.


The correspondences to Tol goes:
Ain suph Aur =
Ain suph =|=
Ain -
1 .
2 -->
3 (
4 O
5 +
6 .
7 -->
8 (
9 O
10 +
Note that this model is a simplification.

Love is the law, love under will.

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