Cyprian Vision

Friday morning I woke up with a vision. It was not a dream, but I was not awake either. In fact the vision pretty much woke me up:

I was Cyprian on top of a mountain and when I looked down The Verum seals were arranged in a sort of Mandala: Astaroth, Lucifer, and Baalzebul seals in a triangle around the base of the mountain with Sagatana, Nebrios, Satanachia, Agaliarep, Lucifuge, and Fleury arranged just outside of them, and then streams of demons flowing from them. Many more than are listed in the Grimoire.

I picked up on the Verum implication immediately and wondered where Scirlin was and felt as if Cyrpian took the place of, or was identified with Scirlin in this operation, though now that I think about it Scirlin’s seal might have been on a parchment in my hand.

Now some of this may also be some of my Vajrayana training re-interpretting the current: Seeing myself as Cyprian would be very normal for the Dzog Rim of a Tantric Sadhana. Seeing the Demons arranged in a Mandala of course is also very normal for Tantra, and sets them up to work almost like an engine together. Finally, the mountain itself is the root of how these Mandalas are supposed to be generated.

I will be tossing this around and seeing what comes of it. I will also be ordering Jake Stratton Kent’s new Cyprian book asap, since it seems directly relevant.

I am deeply impressed with the work he is doing reviving the Chthonic side of western practice.