Michael Bertiaux
Regarded by many as the most
significant living occultist, Michael Bertiaux travelled to Haiti in 1964 where
he worked with Voodoo priests who were already operating a fusion of European and
Haitian esotericism and who sought an ambassador to bring their teachings to an
international audience. Michael's crucial Haitian contact was Hector-Francois
Jean-Maine, whose father Lucian-Francois Jean-Maine had travelled to Europe and
the US where he worked with Papus and his milieu, and als students of Pascal
Beverley Randolph. Lucian-Francois may
have already had strong Martinist lineage as the family lives in Leogane, Haiti
where de Pasqually (the founder of the tradition) spent the last years of his
life, initiating and then freeing the slaves on the plantation that he had
inherited. Lucian-Francois passed on to his son Gnostic Catholic ordination,
Memphis-Mizraim, Masonic and voodoo initiation and these were communicated to
Michael. The organisational vehicles
Bertiaux developed were the Ordo Temple Orient Antiqua (O.T.O.A.) and the La
Couleuvre Noire (L.C.N. - Cult of the Black Snake). Michael amalgamated these
traditions with the Theosophy he first encountered through his parents, and the
Great Brotherhood of God and Choronzon Club founded by Crowley's former student
C.F. Russell, as Michael connected with members who continued the tradition
after Russell abandoned sexual magic. He had important communications with
Kenneth Grant of the Typhonian OTO and other members of the contemporary occult
milieu. Aside from the O.T.O.A., L.C.N., G.'.B.'.G.'. and Choronzon Club
Michael developed other vehicles for the teaching such as the Monastery of
Seven Rays
Cagliostro, The Secret Lives, Vol.III, Media Print Editore 2022. Edited
and produced by Roberto Migliussi. Each copy hand numbered, Large format
paperback (19cm x 27cm) 309pp 91 coloured illustrations of Bertiaux's occult
art. Despite now being 86 years old,
when most people are grateful just to collect a pension, the spirits are
clearly assisting Michael Bertiaux achieve a vortex of creativity. He shares his vision of these spirits with
us, in this work. They tend to be contacted by means of séances (often using
the spirits of important departed spiritualists as intermediaries. Bertiaux
magically identifies with and embodies disincarnate (and once incarnate)
beings. Thus he becomes a vector in the occult life current, transcending time
and place, exploring wisdom and gnosis. Spiritualism is here entirely
integrated with gnostic occultism.
This is the third and final
volume of three which record his embodiment in modern Chicago of Alessandro
Cagliostro, the kabbalist who founded Egyptian freemasonry, the overtly occult
rite that was open to both men and women that developed into the rite of
Memphis and Mizraim from whence the OTO was created. This volume, much larger than the previous two, reproduces
numerous records of séances etc. with striking and enigmatic paintings of the
beings encountered. These suggest a degree of automatic drawing whereby it is
the act of artistic creation that incarnates the beings.
One section of this book relates
to the creation of a Golem, a magical servitor, to assist the practitioner in
his or her endeavours. A grimoire of the Golem with sigils is given.
Chapter headings include:-
Cases Histories, the Narrative
of Alex Cagliostro
The Explorations of
Consciousness In and Out of magic and Gnosis
Tha Cagliostro Researches
The Historical Researches
Cagiostro's Evidence, The Séance
History of How I Do My Job as
Alex Cagliostro
History of My Work, QBLH Roots
Rabbi Harry Waton
G-L-M-System Foundation of Management
G-L-M-Grimoire, Introduction of the Servitors of Alex Cagliostro
The Golem Grimoire papers, Introductory
Ontology
Magical Diary….the Gnostic
Construction of the Archetypal Tattwas
The Ontology of My Secret Life
Ontological Conclusions
Loosely enclosed Michael
Bertiaux, Tattwas. 4pp leaflet. Presents four coloured illustrations recording
Beriaux' vision of the nature of the four elements
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Twelve copies of this book are
available with the original paintings that reproduced on its pages. These are
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Cagliostro III book together with Séance Visitor,
Study in Ektoplasm. A series of THREE related paintings executed in
2020 in gouche, mixed media and acrylic on a thick art paper. Small format (all
three approximately 13cm x 18cm). All three signed twice Order Reference MB-02 £900
Apas-Tattwa-ID. A watery being
Vayu-Tattwa-ID. An airy being
Prithiwi-Tattwa-ID. An earthy being
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Cagliostro III book together with Infesto
Tattwas. A series of FOUR related paintings all mixed media
(including collage) on canvas, 2020. Manifestation of elemental forces
including what appears to be automatically derived sigils and script. All
signed twice Order Reference MB-03 £1200
No.1 Earth Tattwa, (14cm x 21cm)
No.2 Water Tattwa, (13cm x 20.5cm)
No.3 Air Tattwa, (14cm x 20cm)
No.4 Fire Tattwa, (13cm x 21cm)
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Cagliostro III book together with Etudes
Séances (Séances Studies), "Spirit Helper" as "a Face in a
Séance", gouache (opaque water colour), aquarelle (transparent
watercolour and mixed media on canvas), (9.5cm x 16cm) 2020 Aside from the eyes
and mouth, the painting has a silverish sheen. Signed twice. Order Reference MB-04 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Das
Grimoire Armadel No.3, Entity of Interpretation, ink, gouache and acrylic
on papier carton. 2020 (11cm x 20cm) Signed twice. The Grimoire of Armadel was
translated from French by MacGregor Mathers with a German edition, apparently
referred to here, issued in 1985. The third spirit dealt with is Caphael who
teaches an infinity of matters with great ability. This spirit guided John the
Baptist in the desert and when performing baptisms in the river Jordan. Order
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Cagliostro III book together with Energy
Representation Zombi No.1127, gouache and acrylic on papier carton
"bubble wrap" (ie the outer layer of padded envelope, the plastic
bubblewrap removed but leaves traces on reverse. 2020 (13cm x 20cm) Signed
twice. Order Reference MB-06 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Ectoplasmic
Materialisation, Sex Magic Priest of Nim-Rod, gouache on paper carton 2020
(13cm x 15.5cm) Signed twice. Nimrod, the great grandson of Noah, built the
Tower of Babel Order Reference MB-07
£340
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Cagliostro III book together with painting
titled Cagliostro II, Das Grimoire Armadel Spirit No. 12-4-A, gouache,
acrylic and ink on papier carton. 2020. 11.5cm x 19.5cm. Signed twice. The Grimoire of Armadel was
translated from French by MacGregor Mathers with a German edition, apparently
referred to here, issued in 1985. It is noted for invoking spirits that
influence the practitioner's disposition. The meaning of "12-4-A" is
unclear, but the 12th spirit dealt with is Hephatia who teaches the science and
wisdom of Moses and the Egyptian the Egyptian Magi and Diviners. Order
Reference MB-08 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Ectoplasmic
Construction No. 485, gouache and aquarelle on yuppo medium (which allows
the artist to move paint around on the surface before it dries) by Michael
Bertiaux for Cagliostro II. 2019 (11.5cm x 15cm) Order Reference MB-09 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Spaceships'
Invasion as seen Astrally over Lasalle County, Illinois. Acrylic and
gouache on art carton paper. (13cm x 17.5cm) 2020 Signed twice. Alien incursion
into human consciousness is a recurrent theme in the work of Bertiaux and
Grant. Here the influence seems far from reassuring. Order Reference MB-10 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Transyuggothian
Spirit Visitor to Séance at the A. Sc. (ie Absolute Science) Institute. Gouache
and mixed media (painted collage) on canvas 2019. Signed twice and sigilised
(9.5cm x 19cm). Yuggoth, a component of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, is an
outer planet, sometimes identified with Pluto, which has been a staging point
for ingress of Elder Races into our reality. For us, this being, coming from
beyond Yuggoth, will be profoundly alien. Order Reference MB-11 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with Face of
Golem "Who Like to Come to our Séances" acrylic on carton. (12.5cm x 15cm) Signed twice. The creation of
a Golem, the magical servitor born of kabbalistic magic, is a central theme of
Cagliostro III. Order Reference MB-12 £340
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Cagliostro III book together with To Build
Up Ectoplasm to Manifest Spirit Guide Zozo, Byzanto-Ritual Masque of Séance
Visitor No.2, acrylic on canvas. (11cm x 18.5cm) Slight creases in the canvas
augment rather than detract from the painting. Signed twice. Zozo, with the
name spelt thus, first entered human consciousness in 1816 in France as one of
three demons who possessed a girl, written about by de Plancy in the Infernal
Dictinary. Since then he/she/it has apparently communicated through ouija
boards and in 2012 a film was made, My Name is Zozo, referencing such
appearances. Some have associated Zozo with Zoso, the symbol used by Jimmy Page
on the untitled Led Zepplin album which is believed to derive from The Grimoire
of the Red Dragon where it is a component of a Saturnine sigil. There is speculation that it may relate to
Pazuzu the Babylonian king of the demons of the winds who has a cameo in the
Exorcist film. Order Reference MB-13 £340
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Other New Books by Michael Bertiaux
(postage extra at cost)
Cagliostro, The Secret Lives,
Vol.I, Media
Print Editore 2021. Edited and produced by Roberto Migliussi. Each copy hand numbered,
Large format paperback 19cm x 27cm
134pp 32 coloured illustrations
of Bertiaux's occult art. Order
Reference MB-14 £43.75
Cagliostro, The Secret Lives,
Vol.II, Media
Print Editore 2021. Edited and produced by Roberto Migliussi. Each copy hand
numbered, Large format paperback 19cm x 27cm
158pp 36 coloured illustrations
of Bertiaux's occult art. This volume
provides interesting cultural context for the series of workings, Order
Reference MB-15 £43.75
Master Aquarius, Michael
Bertiaux, Monastery of the Seven Rays, First Year Course, Introduction to
Occultism and Astral and Luciferian Magnetism and Voodoo. Media Print Editore 2019.
Paperback 291pp Gives the instructions for the first four degrees of the
magical system. Some illustrations. Bertiaux writes as the Master M. Aquarius
and his chela Racine in a series of lessons clearly meant to have been sent out
one at a time. The course commences with lessons addressed to someone with an
interest but no knowledge in occultism and goes on to give instruction in an
original, coherent and quite complex system of magical work. There is
discussion of sex magic, but it is not yet part of the curriculum. Order
Reference MB-15 £35
Master Aquarius, Michael
Bertiaux, Monastery of the Seven Rays, Second Year Course, in Sexual Magic. Media Print Editore 2021.
Paperback 230pp Chapter headings include:-
On the Nature of the Iconosphere
The Ontic Origins of Sex Magic
Voodoo Cabala and the Foundations of the Seven Rays, Sexual
Initiation in Voodoo
Hebdomads and the Analysis of the Concept of Syszgy
Possession and Sexual Magic in Legbha Metaphysics
The Cosmological Origins of Sexual Magic
The Feminine Cycle - From Venus to Mars
Introduction to Deductive Sexual Magic
The Experimentation of Sexual Magic
Mystical Marriage and the Four Elements
The Astrosophy of Sexual Substances
Meditations on the Tattwas
The Projections of Sexual Magic
Order Reference MB-16 £35
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Original Unpublished Occult Documents
(postage extra at cost,
certificate of authenticity included)
Michael Bertiaux, The Course in
Mysteries and Orgies, Paper Number 3 "The Rites of Pluto" 1982 1pp American letter
format. 10 point plan for a ritual magickal orgy. A very dark and extreme
ritual. Order Reference MB-17 £120
Michael Bertiaux, Choronzon
Club, Headquarter's Daath, The Rites of Pluto - Theatre-des-Images, 1982. 1pp American letter
format. Invitation to a celebration of Pluto held at "Emergency
Theatre" Lists 38 categories of guests such as sexually obsessed hoodlums,
Luciferian magicians, gangsters and laxative manufacturers, mortician
workers, punk rockers and firebugs,
sadists and masochists etc etc. who are invited to come and "do your
thing" and thereby "add your own magical and occult energy to the
field of Plutonian power". One wonders what the party was like! It would
be interesting! Order Reference MB-18 £125
Courtney Willis, Opening and
Closing of the Gates, O.T.O.A. / Technicians of the Sacred 1989 typescript 5 loose
sheets printed on one side. Unpublished. O.T.O.A. ritual for initiation voodoo
gnostic contact with the astral world. Written by Bertiaux's then deputy in
O.T.O.A. etc. Order Reference MB-19 £95
The Liturgy of the Holy Orthodox
Church in America, Michael Bertiaux. Not dated. Plastic covers, comb binding holding 26 sheets printed
on one side. Title page has:- The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
abridged and arranged by Most Reverend Theodutus…published by the Holy Orthodox
Church in America. This is a Byzantine sacred text formulated for use by the
independent eastern orthodox church founded by the Rosicrucian George Winslow
Plummer. In the Unknown God Martin Starr argues that it was Plummer,
thought by some to be a renegade priest of the Roman rite, rather than
Reuss who ordained Crowley allowing him to operate the E.G.C. Ordination in the
varied currents of Gnostic churches is an
important dimension of Bertiaux's work. Some marks to cover Order Reference MB-20 £125
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A Secondhand Book
(postage extra at cost)
Michael Bertiaux, Vûdû
Cartography, The Autobiography of Michael Houdeaux, Fulgur 2010 1st Ed Landscape
format hardback 175pp, many coloured illustrations. A stunningly good book, a
heady marriage of art and text by the most substantial of living occultist
authors superbly realised in a delight of astute book design. This is one 88 copies deluxe copies signed
by the author and bound in half morocco (but an unusual arrangement - half the
boards (but not the corners) are literally covered in leather. In sturdy cloth
bound slipcase that is subtly blocked All components near Mint Order
Reference MB-21 £300