Essay by Emperor Norduk of the Tempel Azagthoth
Principality of the Society of the Dark Sun
* Note: Tempel of Azagthoth is an Outer
Temple of a larger family called the Society of the Dark Sun. SDS is based upon
the Ancient Babylonian practices of Vampirism, and passes this knowledge down
through a living tradition inherent in their structure. Tempel of Azagthoth was
created several years prior to my knowledge of the SDS, as an independent group
teaching the path of the Vampire. Upon my knowledge and increasing affiliation
with the Dark Sun Vampire Family, the Tempel was embraced into the body of the
Society. Tempel of Azagthoth exists as a forum for diverse teachings concerning
Vampirism, with the main contact from the senior office being duly aligned
towards grooming students towards a more serious understanding of Vampirism in
alignment with the path of the Black Vampire, the Society of the Dark Sun. The
members of the tempel are not part of the structure of the Inner Vampire Family
of the Society unless sufficient progress has been made to earn recommendation,
or the member has made the move to obtain the higher teachings themselves. Our
structure is primarily educational in nature. We hold diverse knowledge, yet
through our position as an Outer Temple, we provide the means for those to
learn, train, and make the move towards higher teachings later on. .
The
teachings within this essay are not a direct rendering from the Inner Vampire
Family, but my own reflections based upon truths I have discovered through
experience and application of the Vampiric truths (as well as my own personal
association with the Hare Krishna cult itself over a period of time). Any
readers are welcome to contact me in correspondance concerning what I have
related here by sending electronic
email to: wampyrism@hotmail.com or writing to me via the Tempel ofAzagthoth
contact address listed at the bottom of this article.
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One of
the oldest and most thorough philosophies and creation epics exists within the
holy writings of India, called the 'Vedas' Oiterally 'Knowledge'). The foremost
of these being the Mahabharata, which is mainly a historical epic -and secondly
the Bhagavad-Gita, which is called the 'jewel' of India's spiritual knowledge.
They call Bhagavad-Gita a 'jewel' for good reason, for within the pages of the
Bhagavad-Gita lies an immense amount of spiritual knowledge. It exists to this day as one of the most
thorough and complete ancient religious texts ever transcribed.
Suprisingly, amongst those who traverse
the Sinister Paths, I have seen that there have been very little printed
studies concerning concerning the Bhagavad-Gita and Vaisnavism -the Cult that
sprang from its text (within its original Sinister form, that persists to this
day). Thusly, I will seek to explore only a few of the Sinister archetypes
within the Vedic tradition, and in specific, the Vaisnavites. Let us now begin
to explore the vampiric origin of the Vedic train of thought.
Vaisnavites are much more strict, and
monetheistic in ways than a regular Hindu. A Vaisnavite bhakti-yogi (one who
practices bhakti-yoga, the supreme science of relationship with the Godhead as
taught within the Vedic world) would see it as a waste of time in most cases to
offer obesiances before the demigods, when one could instead have communion
with Krishna -which would be seen parallel within Vampirism as the original
blood that forged the universe. Within Vaisnavism, Krishna is considered to be
the supreme being. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and from his body
emantes the entire universe. The Bhagavad-Gita actually says that several
universes exist within the body of Krishna. When we, as those of a instinctual
leaning begin to interpret the Bhagavad-Gita through Krishna representing our
own self-god, we have a clear glimpse into the nature of the dark inner state
of our beings beyond our own physicaVmundane perception. In understanding this
connection, it is important to know that the ethereal manifestation of our
actions is not the origin of the actions themselves. When one tries to
interpret ancient teachings into a modernized Occult train of thought, and then
begins interpreting the higher self as an outer god (thinking that the truths
of the self are products of the ego) then much confusion comes into play. Our
treatise on the Vampiric nature of Vaisnavism is based upon VAMPIRISM, not
anything else. Vampirism realistically in every sense is derived from Ancient
Sumeria and Babylon. Before the Right and Left hand path came about, there was
Vampirism. Before the Hellenic symbol of Satan, there was the Vampire as well. It is a base knowledge that should be
understood that Vampirism is a more ancient path than what is largely popular
today, thus the height of folly to systematically undestimate the nature of
Vampirism through one's own obsessive mortal consciousness. We seek to return
to the primal functioning of the self, to re-establish the lost link with what
is Godhead and beyond.
Krishna
(as the supersoul) can be seen as the existence of the Dark One. The Dark One
is a term used within higher vampiric practice -designating the inner
awareness, the original chaotic being and astral mind that manifests itself
within the vampire's waking state. The Dark One within the Dark Realm is the
first of three independantly functioning parts of the Vampire's being. Within
these three parts of being, there are three realities -each of these realities
named for one of the three realms of being. In the outer reality of the Dark
Realm (the first realm), the Dark One will have a visible form. This has been
described as "a shadow being" within teachings of the SDS. Krishna is
a designation of the Dark One's form within the outer reality of the Dark
Realm. As the original
chaotic being, he has been referred to in the Vedic texts as the Supersoul. The
Supersoul is the part of the individuals being aligned with the universal
being. This supersoul manifests (visually) within the Vaisnavite Cult as Sri
Vishnu. Sri Vishnu most often manifests as a beautiful blue-eolored male, with
four arms. In his various hands he holds (among other things) flowers as well
as a club for battling demons (more about the Vedic concept of 'demons' later
on). Seeing the chaotic essence which birthed the individual as a archetype
such as Krishna is an interpretation only. It is unto the levels of awareness
and perception that one can perceive such things, one cannot fit a hurricane into
a box. The truth of the Vampiric condition and awakened state exists in acting
through the mandates of the divine inner self. One reaches power when there are
no internal contradictions, one is best able to experience the Dark One by
action -not by speculation.
There
is a parallel between the visual manifestation of the Supersoul (within
Vaisnavite Cults) and the visual manifestation of the outer reality of the
vampire's astral mind {the true form having no substance visible to trained
eyes, being the original and pure astral state of the individual being). The
vampiric teachings quoted here are those being gleaned from the teachings of
Ancient Babylon. The most qualified orginization concerning Vampirism that I
have encountered that is based upon the original (earthly) manifestation of
Vampirism within Sumeria, Babylon, and surrounding Ancient countries is the
Society of the Dark Sun. Those who are interested in this group may inquire at
their offices, for which I have given the address at the end of this article.
Let us now take a look at the
Vaisnavites, the cult of the Hare Krishna. We can see the manifestation of
Vampirism and the alchemical path, pursuing individual spiritual evolution -is
the main purpose of the Hare Krishna. They sustain themselves through spiritual
food, called prasadam. Prasadam is food that is first offered in front of the
dieties. All dedicated Vaisnavites offer all of their food before the diety
statues (the most common are those of Krishna and Radha, that are within the Temple
themselves) or to an image of Krishna within their home. The places which the
seed ofVaisnavism will most greatly fructify for most people, is the Vaisnavite
temples or communities. These establishments are the same as monastaries within
the Christian religion in many ways, however, they usually present a more
interesting atmosphere for the arising Black Magickian/Vampire. Vaisnavism is a
very old, and Ancient tradition. This tradition was revived by Lord Caitanya in
Bengal during the 1500's. This is when the Sankirtan movement originated,
Sankirtan is the chanting of the mantra (or called 'mahamantra' within the
Sanskrit, literally 'great mantra') which is : Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. We should
notice the eating of only food offered FIRST to Krishna within the Vaisnavite
religion. It is taught within
the Ancient texts of the Vedas that this food is cooked only for Krishna, and
that the devotees may eat only the remnants of that food. The food literally
becomes spiritualized, and injects the person who eats it into "Krishna
Consciousness". We who are realized Vampires recognize this as a literal
blood flow from the collec, tive blood of the
Vaisnavite cult, headed by the Vampire Narayana (there are several meanings to
this statement), to the person who consumes the food. We who are vampires
believe that blood is 'the conscious form behind all existence,
this is the substance that we feed on and subsist our magical working upon,
this is the stuff that causes Godhead in the first place. Physical blood
substance to us is useful, but it is actually the result of the astral blood
flowing out unto chaotic substance (causing material matter). From developing
our actual astral senses and awareness, Vampires begin to actually partake of
this spiritual sustenance directly. This is referred to briefly in many
traditions, and is actually the 'secret art' of success in the evolutionary
path. (A seemingly unrelated piece here, but useful in stressing my point
concerning the very astral nature of blood feeding. Here from "Confessions
of Aleistar Crowley" page 525 and 526, chapter 59 concerning Crowley's
initiation into the Secret Chiefs of the Third Order). "Yet after, by a
strong effort of will, I banished my sore throat and my surroundings, and went
up into my Body of Light. Reached a room in which a cruciform table was spread,
a naked man being nailed thereto. Mnay venerable men sat around, feasting on
his living flesh and quaffing his hot blood. These (I was told) were the adepts, whom I might
one day join. This I understood to mean that I should get the power of taking
only spiritual nourishment -but probably it means much more than this."
The Sinister Lord Nrsimhadeva
In the song to Lord Nrsimhadeva (which is sung every morning in the Hare
Krishna temples across the globe), the lionheaded humanoid form of Lord Krishna
appears to the Demon Hiranyakasipor to kill him. Demon is not seen within Hare
Krishna as western people identify demons, but rather as ungodly persons who
are ignorant and ignore the Vedic wisdom. So in this sense, we are talking
about our everyday people. They are the ignorant who would hinder the
enlightened. It is a significant step up on the ladder from
Christianity even with some of the seemingly moralistic undertones of this
cult. There is not really 'good' and 'evil' in the regular sense but rather
'wisdom' and 'ignorance' (or 'truth' and 'illusion'). In the Bhagavad-Gita,
there is explicit explanations of the modes of material nature, the fact that
material entanglement/confusion derives from being awestruck from the
shimmering external potency of Krishna. This has significant links tawards
Vampirism. It is a truth within Vampirism that if the Vampire looses
touch with it's inner chaotic nature, it's existence will disentegrate. Those
who loose touch with their inner essence (The Dark One, Krishna) will surely be
'sacrifice' unto the consuming forces of the Causal world. The mortal is
blinded to the functions of the astral realm, the experiences within their
ethereal nature blind them to further awareness. Vampirism is scary, because it
is based upon an action of creation itself. Separation and functioning in both
realms, growing through imbuing the Vampire with blood essence, creating
perpetual realities within the astral and ethereal states of consciousness.
These things are products of the Dark One, the being in the pure blood abyss of
the Vampire.
Bhagavad-Gita contains a mine of
spiritual knowledge and should not be overlooked. When we begin to interpret
Bhagavad-Gita according to it's Vampiric origin, we begin to see that a truth
concerning the inner state in relation to the outer state is revealed. The
poetic language and general thorough content of the Bhagavad-Gita provides much
insight for the Vampire and a flawless creed for the religious. Here is an
actual formula for entrance into the inner dark state from the Gita. "When
the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all
actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates (the material body),
neither working nor causing harm to be done. The embodied spirit, master of the
city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act,
or does he create the frUits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of
material nature. Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone's sinful or pious
activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignornace
which covers their real knowledge." The inner state, through force of
blood and will, moves the ethereal nature into being. From that origin point
comes the force that acts, yet the force in itself is not the active
participant. Krishna as the inner state, is the 'director' of the activities of
the vampire's material nature. Suspension of the physical activities, provides
a gateway unto the powers of the astral. Silencing the endless flow of thoughts
in the mind while in the physical states, strengthens the Vampire's desires and
thusly strengthens in both the ethereal and astral natures in a reciprocating
fashion, powered by the pure blood essence of the universe.
Krishna in his form of
Nrisimhadeva, like other Sinister archetypes, possess a legend of wary caution
surrounding dealings with this form. The vision which we most often see
Nrsimhadeva in these days is his form of Ugra-Nrsimhadeva (ie: his violent
form). Vaisnavites specifically identify Nrsimhadeva as the form of Krishna as
'the origin point' of the existence of sentient beings. It is quite interesting that the most violent
form of Krishna also signifies his manifestation as the origin. A carving out
the will from chaos births the conscious being. There is only one full sized
diety statue of Nrsimhadeva that is known on this earth, which is located in
Mayapur, India. During the first years of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness, the most organized and influential Vaisnavite cult, they
searched throughout India to find someone to construct a statue of Nrsimhadeva
in his violent form of Ugra-Nrsimhadeva. They finally found one person to do
this.
According
to the tradition of those who construct diety statues, the last part to be
added to the statue is the eyes. The eyes are considered to actually hold the
'spirit' of the statue, and once the eyes are constructed in the statue, that
physical substance is imbued with the energy of the God for which it has been
constructed. The statue of Nrsimhadeva was constructed in a large shed behind
the artist's residence. Finally, the statue was completed. The artist went to
run some errands, and when he returned he was horrified to find that the entire
shed had burned to the ground. But standing in the middle, amongst the
smouldering ruins, was the grinning statue of Nrsimhadeva, which was unscathed.
The artist quickly called up the Hare Krishna devotees and pleaded with them to
please take the statue, it was disturbing him mentally and had destroyed his
workshop.
Nrsimhadeva
appears in particular more fierce than any of the other figures I know of
within the Vedic cosmology. As an actual form of Krishna, there are many
implications. Even the most fierce races of evil beings, those beings whose job
is punishment of the humans (these are referred to as the "Yamas" and
is led by Yamaraja, who is mentioned as being a great devotee of Krishna even
though most all of his activites are gauged as 'sinful'), are unto Krishna. We
come to an understanding of an implict alchemical truth. Alchemy, is the art
of'transmutation', it is a process of evolution upon the self (the fact that
the evolved creature influences his surroundings is secondary, a natural
action). Connecting with this truth of the inner self is the purpose of the
Vaisnavite and yogi {true yoga is much more than physical exercises, it is an
ongoing science and function of those who practice it}.
For one
to digest the Teachings of Narayana in a practical and workable perspective,
one must shift their own awareness and gather a higher awareness to perceive.
Don't look once, don't look twice, look several times over anything that you
may read or study. Not only that, you should also keep the teachings which have
been revealed to you in your mind and apply and test them in real situations
and through real experiences. Just like any ancient texts, the secrets remain
closed for those who do not have ears to hear. Even some who think they hear,
may be interpreting everything in a distorted sense. From this folly comes the
endless product of religions and mystical paths, each as equally diluded as the
other yet each reaching towards a common truth. There will always be those who
are in mortal consciousness, for there must be food for the higher beings of
the universe. The vampire should not be confused or blinded by the endless
hunger of humanity, the time has come for you to rise as predator and cease to
be prey. Affirm: I am a Vampire, I am God, and from that teaching begin to seek
the alchemical truths. Master the control of the self, be adept at internal
magick, and the path will lead towards mastery over other things.
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Those who are interested in the contents of this article may feel free
to correspond with the author. Please enclose a self addressed stamped envelope
or sufficient postage for a reply to help
offset
costs. Emperor Norduk can be contacted
at:
Tempel of Azagthoth
P.O.
Box 4932
Cary, NC 27519-4932
USA
Society
of the Dark Sun can be contacted at:
Society of the Dark Sun PO Box
2555
Richmond, VA
23218-2555
Note: The Tempel of Azagthoth seens now defunct. Sinister Sahajiya doesn´t have
any connection with this group. This texts here is just for the sake of bringing
a Left Hand Path perspective of the Hare Krishna tradition.
