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Babalon
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Not to be confused with Babylon (New Testament).

Babalon riding The Beast, as depicted on the "Lust" card of Crowley's Thoth Tarot. Painted by Lady Frieda Harris.Babalon—also known as The Scarlet Woman, The Great Mother, or the Mother of Abominations—is a goddess found in the mystical system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with Aleister Crowley's writing of The Book of the Law. In her most abstract form, she represents the female sexual impulse and the liberated woman; although she can also be identified with Mother Earth, in her most fertile sense. At the same time, Crowley believed that Babalon had an earthly aspect in the form of a spiritual office, which could be filled by actual women—usually as a counterpart to his own identification as To Mega Therion (The Great Beast)—whose duty was then to help manifest the energies of the current Aeon of Horus.

Her consort is Chaos, the "Father of Life" and the male form of the Creative Principle. Babalon is often described as being girt with a sword and riding the Beast. She is often referred to as a sacred whore, and her primary symbol is the Chalice or Graal. As Crowley wrote, “She rides astride the Beast; in her left hand she holds the reins, representing the passion which unites them. In her right she holds aloft the cup, the Holy Grail aflame with love and death. In this cup are mingled the elements of the sacrament of the Aeon” (Crowley 1981, p. 94).

Contents [hide]
1 The three aspects of Babalon
1.1 Gateway to the City of Pyramids
1.2 The office of the Scarlet Woman
1.2.1 Individual Scarlet Women
1.3 The Great Mother
2 Origins
2.1 Babylon and Ishtar
2.2 The Book of Revelation
2.3 Enochian magic
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links



[edit] The three aspects of Babalon
Babalon is a complex figure, although within Thelemic literature, she has three essential aspects: she is the Gateway to the City of the Pyramids, the Scarlet Woman, and the Great Mother.

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