(Enochian spelling of the invocation "Christeos Luciftias")
In the process of studying the Enochian text of the goetic conjurations at the back of Aleister Crowley's version of the Goetia, I happened across one of the most beautiful and philosophically powerful phrases I've ever encountered. It is located in Crowley's Enochian version of the Greater Curse from the Goetia, although Crowley did not translate the phrase quite as I have done here..
The invocation is just two Enochian words, but what words they are! Enochian is such a fascinating language, very evocative, very meaningful.
The two words are these:
CHRISTEOS LUCIFTIAS
The first word, "christeos," means "let there be."
The second word, "luciftias," means "brightness."
Isn't this amazing! The phrase can be translated LET THERE BE LIGHT!
This is the phrase, spoken by God, that occurs in Genesis 1:3 -- "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." In the original Angelic Language of heaven! (At least, that's what the Enochian angels claim Enochian to be.) In other words, these are
I find this mind-boggling. It constitutes the esoteric equation:
Christ + Lucifer = Light
The word "christ" is from the Latin "christos" the Anointed One. Christ is equivalent to the Hebrew word Messiah, which also means the Anointed One.
The word "lucifer" in Latin literally means Light-Bringer or Light-Bearer.
God and the Devil equal Gnosis! Illumination comes from the mutual annihilation of opposites!
Plus, it rolls so beautifully off the tongue. Try it ...
chris-te-os lu-cif-ti-as
Seven syllables. Three for God, four for the Devil. Three for Christ, four for Lucifer. Three for heaven and four for earth. Three for spirit and four for matter.
It is, of course, an Enochian invocation, and a very powerful one (although it has probably never before been used in this way - at least, not in recorded history). But it doesn't invoke anything sinister, it invokes gnosis. The phrase makes a perfect mantra because of how beautiful it is, both in sound and in meaning. It suggests the vast untapped occult potential in the Enochian language, and in the system of Enochian magic.