6.5 Phase V Work Effort

      The basic objective of this phase of effort will be to involve myself with the Indo-European or Aryan element of my bloodline. Consequently the Celtic, Greek, and Roman civilizations will be the subjects of concern.

The periodic explosive invasions and the constant gradual invasions of the Eastern Mediterranean agricultural societies by the Indo-European peoples of North Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Semitic peoples of the Arabian desert from 4000 B.C. until the time of Christ is probably the single most important process of the many events of world history which has shaped the nature of the level of the collective unconsciousness mind of Western Mankind that correlates with the historical era of human evolution. That aspect of this great intermingling of male dominated mythologies (i.e., the Semitic and Indo-European mythologies) with female dominated mythologies* (i.e., the mythologies of the agricultural peoples) that involves the Semitic element was covered in Phase IV. Phase V, therefore, will concentrate on the Indo-European contribution to this archetypal marriage.

The histories and mythologies of the Celts, Greeks, and Romans will be studied from a classical as well as an Occult point of view. The Occult approach will include a Qabalistic investigation of the etymologies of the names of Celtic, Greek, and Roman Gods and Goddesses. For example, the appellation "Jupiter" is a corruption of "IAO-Pater"**.

The talismanic and poetic elements required for the rituals of Task D will be developed along Indo-European themes. The correspondences in Crowley's "777" along with the thoughts and feeling generated as a result of the Task A effort will guide the design of the talismans and poems.

Meditation exercises will focus on discerning the similarities and differences, both blatant and subtle, in the representations of specific archetypal forms in the Celtic, Greek, and Roman traditions. For example, the Celtic Tarranis, the Greek Zeus, and the Roman Jupiter are different manifestations of the same basic archetype. To explore the distinctions and commonalities with respect to these three manifestations will lay some important ground work required for the detailed design of the rituals of Task D.

Any extant rituals used by the Celts, Greeks, and Romans for communion with their Gods and Goddess which can be obtained will be studied and analyzed.

Similar to the approach in Task D of Phase IV, a specific number of Indo-European mythological entities will be selected for ritualistic investigation. Rituals for the invocation and/or evocation of these entities will then be designed, executed, and the results thereof duly documented.

This effort will be based on the synchronistic results of the previous four phases. It will conform to the guidelines presented in the Task E discussions of Phases I, II, III, and IV. The procedure will, therefore be either to simply record events which I deem are worthy of synchronistic consideration, or to tailor the design of the rituals of Task D to specifically attempt to generate synchronistic phenomena.

An interim report and briefing will be prepared and delivered.

*See "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone. Also, see the first six stanzas of my poem "The Corridors of Time" in Appendix D.

**See "777", A. Crowley, p. 79. Also, see "The White Goddess", R. Graves, p. 338 for a discussion of the title "Ia-Hu."