The Art of Speaking with the Dead
1. One can speak with the disembodied.
2. The dead live in the sphere of Yetzirah1.
3. The dead live in the world of Nogah2.
4. Disciples should learn to leave and enter their bodies at will.
5. In the world of Nogah we can invoke the dead in order to speak to them personally.
6. The defunct who have been fornicators are cold and tenebrous and live in the world of Assiah3, filled with cold and darkness.
7. The disciples who have been chaste and who have awakened Kundalini are full of youth and fire after death.
8. The angels are burning flames.
9. The angels are flaming children, full of light and beauty.
10. In the world of Nogah, we can speak with the dead personally.
11. The thirteenth hour is death and resurrection.
12. When we make a petition, many times the angels answer by showing us a clock.
13. The disciple should notice the hour on the clock.
14. That is the clock of destiny.
15. The answer is within the time:
The Twelve Hours of Apollonius
16. First hour of Apollonius: Transcendental study of esotericism.
17. Second hour of Apollonius: The abysses of fire; the astral virtues form a circle around the dragons and fire.
18. Third hour of Apollonius: The serpents, dogs, and fire.
19. Fourth hour of Apollonius: The neophyte wanders at night among the sepulchers, experiencing the honor of visions; he will surrender himself to magic and goethia.
20. Fifth hour of Apollonius: The superior waters of heaven.
21. Sixth hour of Apollonius: Here it is necessary to remain quiet, immobile, due to fear.
22. Seventh hour of Apollonius: Fire comforts the animated beings and if any priest, a sufficiently purified person, steals it and then projects it, if he mixes it with holy oil and consecrates it, he will be able to cure all illnesses just by applying it to the affected area.
23. Eighth hour of Apollonius: The astral virtues of the elements, of all kinds of seeds.
24. Ninth hour of Apollonius: Here nothing has been finished yet. The initiate increases his perception until he exceeds the limits of the solar system, beyond the zodiac. He arrives at the threshold of the infinite. He reaches the limits of the intelligible world. The divine light is revealed and with it appears new fears and dangers.
25. Tenth hour of Apollonius: The doors of heaven open and man comes out of his lethargy.
26. Eleventh hour of Apollonius: The angels, the cherubim, and the seraphim fly with the whisper of wings; there is rejoicing in the sky, the earth and sun which surge forth from Adam are awakened.
27. Twelfth hour of Apollonius: The cohorts of fire calm down.
The Number Thirteen
28. There is a thirteenth hour, which is the one of liberation.
29. He who passes through the thirteen doors of mercy transforms himself into an ineffable god of splendid beauty.
30. The zodiac is made up of the twelve doors of mercy.
31. The thirteenth door is that of liberation.
32. One has to die in order to live.
33. One has to die and resurrect.
