Joseph
The second-youngest son of Jacob, Joseph was a
talented shaman with the ability to both vision-quest and to interpret
dreams. For this he gained both his father's love and his brother's
intense jealousy, and was sold into slavery in Egypt. His shamanic
talents proved his and his family's salvation, for in his accurate
interpretation of Pharaoh's (believed now to be Amenhotep III) dream and
his accurate prediction of the years of famine that was to plague Egypt,
he won not only his freedom, but was raised to a position of high honor,
becoming the first vizier in recorded history. His hard-won efforts
eventually reunited his family and through his father Jacob, initiated
the twelve tribes of Israel.
Aaron
The brother of Moses, Aaron was a master thaumaturge
who worked the many miracles and feats that Moses channeled from the
Creative source. Most of these were related to gaining the freedom of
the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors under Pharaoh Rameses II.
As Moses' second-in-command, Aaron fulfilled perfectly the role of
vizier to his brother. He was not without fault, though, as he caved
in to the Israelite's demands for an idol to worship (the Golden Calf)
while Moses was receiving the ten commandments on Mount Sinai, and
both he and Moses fell in Yahweh's sight for losing patience with
their God in the desert. Aaron's became the first High Priest of the
Israelites, and his tribe, the Levites, were regularly consecrated for
the priesthood.
Joshua
After Moses' death, he entrusted the leadership of
the Israelites to the druid Joshua. He commanded an incredible amount
of power over the forces of nature, which he used to great benefit for
the claiming of the Promised Land. Through a concentrated magical
force, both using sound and synchronized marching over a fault line,
his armies caused a minor earthquake that shook down the walls of
Jericho. Later, he was even purported to be able to effect the flow of
time, in that "the Sun and the Moon stood still" during the
battle of Gibeon. This Biblical passage has created a great deal of
consternation among scholars who still try to determine its
authenticity.
Samuel
The mystic Samuel held the position of being the
last of the great Hebrew judges and the first of the prophets of the
old testament. He was, among other things, a clairvoyant and an empath,
whose deep sensitivity helped him to forge a direct connection to the
Divine Source. He is considered to be one of the greatest of the
Hebrew prophets and leaders, and acted as vizier to King Saul, whom he
anointed, and as a mentor to David, who would eventually replace Saul
as king. After Samuel's death, he was called back into being through
necromantic means by Saul, using the witch of Endor as a channel, and
severely rebuked Saul and foretold his downfall and defeat at the
hands of David.
Elisha
Both Elias (Elijah) and his apprentice Elisa (Elisha)
were great wizards; yet Elisha's workings became far greater known
than that of his master, who was transcended into the 4th dimension in
a fiery chariot. Elisha became known as a powerful thaumaturge, who
performed miracles of transmutation and transformation of matter,
including multiplication of supplies and resources, neutralization of
poisoned waters, reviving the dead, and divination. He is also said to
have commanded the the beasts of the forest (two bears) to devour the
youths who were accosting him.
Solomon
Other than Jesu himself, Solomon stands as the
greatest wizard of the ancient traditions; his methods and rituals
still studied to this day by alchemists and adepts. An adept himself,
Solomon was noted for his extraordinary wisdom, granted by his God, He
is the only wizard in the Hebrew tradition to have ascended to the
station of kingship; most wizards do not seek such positions of
influence.
Solomon was, among other things, an astronomer and
astrologer, and regularly practiced alchemy as well as adeptship. Many
of the alchemical glyphs and seals he rendered are studied by magical
practitioners to this day. Solomon was able to command the Djinn
(Genies) and is purported to have "bottled" the first Djinn
in service. He was able to cast out demons, including Asmodeus, and is
said to have bound the archdemons Gog and Magog to their pits with the
use of magical devices. He is also responsible for the building of the
temple of Jerusalem, and is known among the Freemasons as "The
Master Builder."
Daniel
The shaman Daniel was a dream-interpreter much like
Joseph (see above) and also spoke with angels (discarnate beings) as
an intermediary between Man and the Heavenly Host. He served as vizier
to Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, his son Baalthazar, and to the
Medic king Darius I. Daniel's ability to divine caused him to be a
spokesman for the future, not to the present generation, and for this
reason Judaism does not recognized Daniel as a prophet, although
Christianity does. Among his other feats was surviving a night in a
den of savage lions.
Jesu
The most influential wizard that ever walked the face of
this earth, indisputably, would be Jesu (Jesus), son of Mary and Joseph, the one
hailed as the Messiah, who stationed the energies of the Christ Spirit and
brought a message of peace and love to the Earth, as well as provided a
blueprint by which mankind could extricate himself from the
"maze" of karma and begin the process of ascension. No
other wizard has been more revered and more misunderstood. He is
reputed to have wept often for humanity, for he knew that eventually his
words would be twisted and perverted and turned against him and the
message of love that he brought to the world. Like most all wizards,
he was a sensualist; he loved good food and wine, the company of his
friends, and being comfortable (and he could be peevish when awakened
suddenly). He could be impatient, and was NOT perfect even though he
was stationing a Divine Spirit; as evidenced of his blasting the
unproductive fig tree or his driving the merchants out of the Temple of
Jerusalem.
Jesus never spoke of abstinence, but of fulfillment of
the true potential of humanity. "All these things that I have
done, you can do and even more," he repeatedly told those who
followed him, indicating that the power of Love and Creation was open to
all, not just to a select few. His statement, "I and the Father
are one," was not referring to his being a Deity, but his Divine
alignment with the Creative Love source, the cosmic All. "No
man comes to the father except by me," was in reference to the Christ
Spirit, the great Light Body of Humanity, the source of all Love. In
short, no one can approach the Creative source except through the energies
of See-La-Aum, the essence of Love.
The wizard Jesus did NOT die for the sins of humanity,
although the sacrifice he undertook did much to halt and clean up the
acceleration of karmic debt that humanity was incurring.. In a dramatic measure, he undertook the torture of
crucifixion as an ancient pagan ritual of the sacrifice of the Sacred
King; in which the king's blood falls onto the earth to bring it new life.
The Crucifixion was indicative of the 4th spiritual initiation, in which
all is stripped from the individual and they become a point of
consciousness, their own "I AM." The ascension took place
40 days after he reappeared to his disciples; again, a dramatic portrayal
of the ascension process that humanity as a whole is now approaching.
