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Understanding Zos Kia Cultus Magic

This document provides interpretations of some key concepts in Austin Osman Spare's Zos Kia Cultus (ZKC) magical system. It discusses the meanings of "zos" and "kia", explaining that zos represents the entire body and range of consciousness, symbolized by the hand. Kia represents imagination and the eye of mystical vision. It then provides multiple interpretations of the symbolic meanings of the hand and eye in ZKC practice, relating them to the five senses, magical gestures, lunar/solar currents, and occult visions. The document suggests the concepts have implications for ritual practice and magical formulae in ZKC.

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Understanding Zos Kia Cultus Magic

This document provides interpretations of some key concepts in Austin Osman Spare's Zos Kia Cultus (ZKC) magical system. It discusses the meanings of "zos" and "kia", explaining that zos represents the entire body and range of consciousness, symbolized by the hand. Kia represents imagination and the eye of mystical vision. It then provides multiple interpretations of the symbolic meanings of the hand and eye in ZKC practice, relating them to the five senses, magical gestures, lunar/solar currents, and occult visions. The document suggests the concepts have implications for ritual practice and magical formulae in ZKC.

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interpreting zos kia cultusinterpreting zos kia cultus from: sinister@[Link] newsgroups: [Link].

chaos subject: virginia beach's santa claus meets kos date: sat, 13 apr 1 ! "":3 :#$ %"!""

greetings to all and ever&one' it was a pleasure to meet all of &ou who were at the conclave this past weekend'...i had a wonderfull time and was impressed b& all of &ou''' (%) rock on'''...... man& of &ou had *uestions about austin o. and the zos kia cultus....and while i am b& no means an e+pert ,just a humble student enrolled in the school of life) i have stud&ied much and the zkc is somewhat m& forte... so let me begin b& sa&ing that austin o's magick is not the magick of the rich.. the high cerimonial..the better than thou attitude of the upper classes..or the ''well..i've been stud&ing the *abala for #" &ears and have had k and c with m& hga....so this is the onl& wa&'' ...bullo+ sa& i ''''' spare's magick is the magick of the..primordial..the shaman..the witch..the poor who would break their backs during the da& and meet in moon carresed groves to worship at night...the laffter of a child..it is an ever turning inward t&pe of thing ..to *uote from the book of pleasure..-&ou do not need to dress up as a traditional magician,wizard,or priest,build e+pensive temples,obtain virgin parchment,black goats blood,...etc..etc..in fact no theatrics or humbug-.. .altho spare did have his own magickal -weapons-..a ver& apparant one would be the *uill. obvi spare was ver& much influenced b& real witchcraft..not the wish&%wash of toda&s wicca. ,no offence to those of &ou who 'fool%low' the modern methods,tho i must sa& sometimes i think those such as scott cuningham would indeed make a nice punching bag ) that said....let us get on with it...ahhh so much so much....where to begin....ahhh i know.....what does zos and kia mean... simple interpretations....aside from zos being part of austin o's magickal name, zos ... means .. the entire bod&, including it's range of consiousness in the world. it is s&mbolized b& the hand,as the kia b& the e&e...thus joining sight and touch....can also be seen as -willkia ...s&mbolized b& the e&e...can be seen as -imagination- and the e&e of central m&stical vision..the -atmospheric i-...can also be seen as the real self. the state of inbetweeness, or niether%niether. deeper interpretations.... the hand...is the ph&sical representation of the five%fold star..b& tradition called the pentalpha. it is thus the s&mbol and the embod&ment of the pentagrammaton % the five%fold word of the flesh realized and articulated via the five sences of ph&sicalit&. the m&riad postures of the hand used in ritual and in contemplation correspond to the divine postures assumed b& the bod& as a whole % the hand postures also correlate to the alignments of the sences in the formula of the apotheoses of sensation and to the linear ciphers of sigillic wisdom whereb& sensation is encoded and communicated for occult purposes'..., get it . ) , got it. ) , good''''') in ritual the raised and outstretched hand serves as the sign of the pentacle,

and is thus used to charge and salute the *uarters of the circle: the raised de+tral , right ) hand is the ph&sical analogue of the upright pentagrammatic sign / upright pentagram. the raised sinistral , oh but i love that word for some reason ), left ) hand is the ph&sical analogue of the averse or downward pointing pentagram. the fingers and the points of the sign being attributed thusl&:% the the the the the the thumb / earth 0 touch 0 lower left point. forefinger / air 0 smell 0 upper left point. inde+ finger / spirit 0 hearing 0 uppermost point. ring finger / water 0 taste 0 upper right point. little finger / fire 0 sight 0 lower right point palm / void 0 telaesthetic sence 0 central point.

the hand ma& thus be interpreted in ritual and formulaic te+ts as:% 1. the #. the raised 3. the literal hand % the vehicle of the tactile sence. sign - upright 1inverted pentagram -. the ritual gesture of the and outstretched hand five sences of ph&sicalit&, and hence ma& infer ..the bod& as a whole'''.

...there are other 'things' having to do with the hand but i will -touch- upon those with those who want to know. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% the e&e...the s&mbol of the e&e ma& be interpreted firstl& in the literal manner..ie..the ph&sical vehicle of the optical sence. in this interpretation the left e&e is attributed to the lunar and the feminine, while the right e&e is attributed to the solar and the masculine(the two being united in the second interpretation of the -e&e-. this being the -e&e- as the oracle of the blessed sight, the third e&e of ancient tradition wherein the sun and the moon are unified in the steller s&mbol of the e&e within the triangle. in this second interpretation all sences of ph&sicalit& are focused in the optical b& ritual and contemplative means, thus endowing the e&e with the power to see be&ond the visibilit& of the mundane and to gaze into the transmundane aires and spheres of the e+istent,even into the ver& cells of the azoth wherein the holiest visions of this our arte are enshrined. in a third interpretation the -e&e- ma& infer an entit& of projected vision % such entit&s constituting the corpus of the watcher. [Link] internal projection of the sight into the aires and spaces within. [Link] e+ternal projection of the sight into the points of the *uarters of the circle and be&ond the gates thereof. [Link] entities of the blessed sight who are the gaurdians of the gates and the spaces be&ond and between. the fourth interpretation of the -e&e- refers to the openings of the bod&, especial& those with se+ual significance. these being:% the kteis, as the oracle informing the secrets of the sacred visions. the urethral aperture of the phallus:the weeping e&e of the sun. the anus:the blind oracle of abomination serving as the final reposoire of abortive congress. thus the e&e ma& be interpreted as:% a. the ph&sical vehicle of the optical sence. b. the ps&chical vehicle of sight. c. the projected entities of the sight.

d. an opening of the bod&..especial& those pertaining to the se+ual formula. e. a phonetic e*uivalent of i ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' there is more to do with the -e&e- than meets the e&e., sorr& )...and for those who want to know i will go deeper in. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% an&one who wants to...can e%mail me ..and i appologize for m& poor writing skills...i am not a writer and m& abilit& to infer is limited...what can i sa&. well this should be read in a bad french accent...i am zo borled..ze buiznezz men want zherle pa*ajezz...ze swine,let zem wait''....i am going to get drunk''' until the end of god and time m& brothers and sisters...be free'''''''''' .....sinister and oh &es..coming soon...fun with earthenware virgins and stone gods'''' he he heeee.....opening a can of worms'......................................

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