Those and comparable symbols initially typified the Draconian culture which used to be degraded through the pseudo witch-cults in the course of centuries of Christian persecution. The Mysteries have been profaned and the sacred rites have been condemned as anti-Christian. The Cult hence grew to become the repository of inverted and perverted non secular rites and emblems having no internal which means; mere affirmations of the witches' overall dedication to anti-Christian doctrine whereasoriginally- they have been residing logos, sentient symbols, of anteChristian religion. 254 moment department. He enable the letter Mem predominate in primitive water, and topped it, mixed one with the opposite {made Mem the head letter of the column of Mercy at the correct facet of the Tree of existence. The order of the 3 letters is Mem, Shin and Aleph within the Sephiroth Chokmah, Chesed and Netzach {a male ring} taking place, and the other order {female ring going up. This symbolically makes the pillar of Mercy Male as considered from the ground and feminine as considered from the head -- there's in a different way of contemplating it predominantly male -by program of the letters of the identify Jehovah or Yahweh to the Tree. }, and shaped by way of them the earth {with water over land} coldness within the yr, and the abdominal in female and male; in male via Mem-Shin-Aleph, in woman by means of Aleph-Mem-Shin. 3rd department. He permit the letter Shin predominate in primitive fireplace, topped it, mixed one with the opposite {made Shin the pinnacle of the column of severity at the Tree of lifestyles. The order of those 3 letters is Shin, Aleph, Mem within the Sephiroth Binah, Geburah and Hod taking place (Male ring) and Mem, Aleph, Shin going up (Female ring). This makes the pillar of Severity, the left column of the Tree of lifestyles, Male whilst seen from the pinnacle and feminine whilst seen from the ground. via the strategy of putting Tetragrammaton at the Tree of existence this column is taken into account predominantly Female}, and shaped by means of them, heaven on the planet, warmth within the 12 months, and the top of female and male 253 Aleister Crowley, Magick with no Tears, New Falcon 254 Kenneth furnish, Cults of the Shadow, Skoob 158 The Origins of Witchcraft are vague; the Neo-pagan revival has attempted, and failed, to discover the “roots” the Witch cult in pre-Christian paganism, Medieval pagan survivals and pre-historic shamanism. furnish writes; Sorcery and witchcraft are the degenerate offspring of occult traditions coeval with these defined within the moment bankruptcy. the preferred perception of witchcraft, formed by way of the anti-Christian manifestations that happened within the center a while is so distorted and so insufficient that to aim and interpret the symbols of its mysteries, perverted and debased as they're, regardless of the enormously old structures from which they derive is like mistaking the top of an iceberg for its overall mass255. In mistaking the outward shape (and formulae) for the internal that means, interpreters of Witchcraft, from the Roman Poets to the Medieval witch-finders have did not seize the phenomena of many of the cults. it's the resource of Witchcraft, either within the experience of the assumption and the ability in the back of it that offers the most important.