I know there are many on the LHP who do not accept the reality of the Lord of Darkness. I'm not one to try to convince a Magician one way or the other on this point. We are all unique and individual in our views and understanding of things. I personally have always thought that the Dark One is a reality within the Universe and within me. I have experienced and witnessed many things in my life as an aspiring Sorcerer that have convinced me of the reality of the Lord of Darkness whom I choose to honor in his Form of the Egyptian god Set.
There is one event that happened which finally convinced me. It happened during my first ritual invocation to Set. I was about 19 or 20-years old. I had only known about the Temple of Set for a short time and began studying the Neter Set through verious books on ancient Egyptian mythology. For some reason I was extremely drawn to the Set Entity, and was drawn to the ToS's infusion of Satanic symbolism with Egyptian symbolism. Soon a crisis of the soul began to build up within me. I began to question, was Satan or Set the true Form of the Prince of Darkness? The few exerps I had read from the "Book of Coming Forth by Night" seemed to suggest the later.
After time, the questioning became greater and greater... I had to know, I Needed to know. I remembered a quote from the BoCFbN I had read in a book in which Set said: "I shall roam this world, and shall come to those who seek me." And so, on a warm summer night in June during an outdoor working under the glory of the night sky I performed my first invocation of Set.
Immediately after the last words of the invocation it was as if I was struck by a bolt of incredible physical and spiritual energy unlike I had ever felt before. It was electrical and overwhelming, unlike any previous ritual experience. I asked, "is this you oh Set?" and the sensation became even more powerful followed by two great blinding flashes of lightning that lit the night sky from a storm moving in from the East in the far distance.
I felt lite as a feather, as if I were floating. New understandings and insights began to race through my mind as if spoken to me by something far more intelligent than myself. Sure I had experienced the sense of the Magical link during previous Workings I had performed in the past, but nothing even close to this.
I can't remember exactly how long the experience lasted, but I think it was about 30 minutes or more. But the after glow lasted for months afterward. And for me, my question had been answered and on that night I proclaimed my eternal Oath to Set. I also sense that on that sacred night Set saw the Truth in my Heart and proclaimed me as one of His Children.
I'm not one who looks for the Dark Lord around every corner. I think it is very rare that He deliberately interviens in the Magicians life. Set infused within us the Essence of the Black Flame that we might Work our own Will, our own Magics, forge our own destiny in Life. However, I do think there are times, maybe once, maybe twice in a lifetime that He does intervien, especially when asked. However, don't expect him to save you from an on coming train if your car breaks down on a railroad track.:no:
Be assured though that Set does think of those who think of Him.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
There is one event that happened which finally convinced me. It happened during my first ritual invocation to Set. I was about 19 or 20-years old. I had only known about the Temple of Set for a short time and began studying the Neter Set through verious books on ancient Egyptian mythology. For some reason I was extremely drawn to the Set Entity, and was drawn to the ToS's infusion of Satanic symbolism with Egyptian symbolism. Soon a crisis of the soul began to build up within me. I began to question, was Satan or Set the true Form of the Prince of Darkness? The few exerps I had read from the "Book of Coming Forth by Night" seemed to suggest the later.
After time, the questioning became greater and greater... I had to know, I Needed to know. I remembered a quote from the BoCFbN I had read in a book in which Set said: "I shall roam this world, and shall come to those who seek me." And so, on a warm summer night in June during an outdoor working under the glory of the night sky I performed my first invocation of Set.
Immediately after the last words of the invocation it was as if I was struck by a bolt of incredible physical and spiritual energy unlike I had ever felt before. It was electrical and overwhelming, unlike any previous ritual experience. I asked, "is this you oh Set?" and the sensation became even more powerful followed by two great blinding flashes of lightning that lit the night sky from a storm moving in from the East in the far distance.
I felt lite as a feather, as if I were floating. New understandings and insights began to race through my mind as if spoken to me by something far more intelligent than myself. Sure I had experienced the sense of the Magical link during previous Workings I had performed in the past, but nothing even close to this.
I can't remember exactly how long the experience lasted, but I think it was about 30 minutes or more. But the after glow lasted for months afterward. And for me, my question had been answered and on that night I proclaimed my eternal Oath to Set. I also sense that on that sacred night Set saw the Truth in my Heart and proclaimed me as one of His Children.
I'm not one who looks for the Dark Lord around every corner. I think it is very rare that He deliberately interviens in the Magicians life. Set infused within us the Essence of the Black Flame that we might Work our own Will, our own Magics, forge our own destiny in Life. However, I do think there are times, maybe once, maybe twice in a lifetime that He does intervien, especially when asked. However, don't expect him to save you from an on coming train if your car breaks down on a railroad track.:no:
Be assured though that Set does think of those who think of Him.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
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