Each month, “New Babylon Rising” features an ‘apprenticeship lesson’ composing a cumulative (progressive) curriculum drawn from the work of ‘Merlyn Stone’ (Sorcerer’s Handbook & Lost Books)and the “Arcanum” notebooks. The following lesson is derived from the aforementioned sources as it appears reprinted in New Babylon Rising Issue #3 (March 2012).New Babylon Rising: Anunnaki, Alien Gods & Spiritual Traditions is a monthly periodical literary journal prepared for publication by Joshua Free and the Mardukite Chamberlains. First launched privately in 2009, the monthly magazine is back and refined for the public as the first regularly produced print magazine dedicated to the Anunnaki, Sumerian & Babylonian mysteries, ancient aliens, magickal revivals, dragon bloodlines and Druidism… all in one! Three issues (#1 January, #2 February and #3 March) have already been produced and released for 2012!
LESSON THREE – BREATH & WILL
Rhythmic breathing is a prerequisite for most magickal work as part of the initial grounding process (not always indicated in an advanced ritual text). This simply becomes second nature to experienced practitioners. Proper breathing is not only important for your physical well-being, it also affects your ability to meditate, relax or energize your body and aura. (Joshua Free reprinted in New Babylon Rising)
During deliberate breathing periods, oxygen should be inhaled via the nose and exhaled through the mouth. Breathing solely in and out of the mouth is actually unhealthy because the air is not slowed and warmed through the sinuses.Any mystical work involving energy (which is practically all of it) is enhanced through proper breathing – which distributes energy through the body. When you breathe in you can feel the energy flowing into your pores and flowing through the body.
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QUAD-BREATHINGRhythmic breathing skills come from learning to gauge your breath. As you “count” specific intervals, your breath should be steady and maximized. Completely fill and empty your lungs, holding in between. This can be uncomfortable at first, but eventually it should yield a sensation of mild euphoria (as its amazing what proper breathing can do). One popular method we call “quad-breathing,” counting four seconds or heartbeats for each part of the cycle: breathing in (counting to four), holding (counting to four), exhaling (counting. . .) and holding.
By adding visualization imagery, you can project a conceptualized idea (or polarized energy) in the area around you and then interact with it (e.g. breathing it in or exhaling it into an environment).
It is imperative for a sorcerer to maintain a true sense of self (in self-honesty). The sorcerer must always be in control of the body and mind – must always have control over the actions and thoughts that ensue from said body and mind. This is called true “willpower” or “self-direction.”
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Practice at this may require gaining a more awkward routine – pushing yourself to behave in a way you might not normally do. That is to say: don’t allow clocks, schedules and impulsive “desires” to rule your life. When hungry, tired or the like, wait a little while longer. See if you can manipulate these sensations or trans-form them into something else. This is not to say to deprive yourself, but learn to do more than “react.” Learn to actually “act”. This type of training increases one’s control over the body – after all, how can you transcend the physical body if you are bound by it?PORE-BREATHING
A technique referred to as “pore breathing is an advanced breathing method used in energy work or high magick, especially relating to the rays of light. In this form of deliberate breathing, you are to feel yourself inhaling through all the pores of your body. As your breathe in, you absorb an elemental energy or color (ray) from every surrounding direction, pulling it through your auric shield. When you exhale, release all the impurities of the body out of your pores as well. This process is called “energetic transfusion.” When raising energy you are drawing in external energies and adding your own vibration (via intentions) before releasing the energy into the Universe.
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
(Bardo Thodol)
* LIFE
“Certainly, the physical body may die when the con-sciousness of an identity-program no longer requires or is able to use that ‘vehicle’ to perform necessary work within the physical parameters of existence. Even in our death, however, energy follows with our attention. The psyche or mass of consciousness that is your identity contains imprints and emotional encoding from ‘life’ that will determine the course of the ‘spirit’ (or ‘soul’) as it continues on its evolutionary progression through the ‘fragmented dimensions’ back to the Source.”
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“What has the “New Age,” the age of “enlightenment”
become? Where is the true enlightenment?
Where are the “no-nonsense” books for
those who wish to live a mystical life of selfhonest
enchanted enlightenment? Even the New
Age has become blind and led astray from its
true purpose. Much of the work of the noble
wizard has become the “work” of fools seeking
power, curses, and other things that will get you
no where spiritually. Many well known new age
authors now “fluff up” their newest release to
appeal to the lonely house wife, the disturbed
teenager, and many others who would use these
things as a way to fix their problems, but not
receive any enlightenment in the process. They
see what many call “magick” as a way to make
their lives easier so they don’t have to do the
work, and the problem is so many of these
books advertise themselves in that way! Where
is the enlightenment, where is the self honesty,
where is the true magick?” ~ James Thomas (from the Preface to 
“I began my magickal education while attending
college. Little then did I realize, so was a young
boy who would later write the volume you now
hold. My first brush with the enigmatic Merlyn
Stone came almost a decade after I began my
own magickal career. Looking through a catalog
one day I spotted the ad for his debut work,
The Sorcerer’s Handbook. The ad spoke about
how the book “told it all without all the usual
occult jargon.” That was its biggest selling point
for me, so I bought it. I was pleasantly surprised when my copy
arrived. Not only did it fulfill my expectations –
it surpassed them. The Sorcerer’s Handbook
presented many facets of occult knowledge in
plain, easy to understand, language. Best of all
though, it made magick practical for even the
newest student.” ~ Myrddin Wolfe (from the Foreword to 
“The original intention of our group back in the Spring of 2009 was to have the MAQLU translated and ready for what became one of our most momentous occasions in the history of the modern movement – the Beltane 2009 StarGate Ceremony – an event that resulted in our ‘guidance’ toward re-establishing the Mardukite Chamberlains movement publicly and under the guise of the “Necronomicon.” Prior to this ‘event’, such had never been considered fully.” (extracted from the Editor’s Preface to Liber M, available as “
“What might have first appeared as the end of the world for our movement – leaving it just short of a two year run – turned into a moment for the internal staff (known as the Council of Nabu-Tutu) to look ‘inward’ and become more reflective. The acquisition of further ‘source-materials’ and ‘translation’ assistance would be difficult – if possible at all – forcing the ‘Research & Development” efforts concentrated more on interpretation and ‘experimentation’, leading to Liber 50 (first released as Gates of the Necronomicon by Joshua Free and later to the public as