Infernal Habitations

The Infernal Habitations are in basic definition representations of human consciousness and areas which the mind moves through during different periods of time. Essentially, the Infernal Habitations mirror the creation myth of God forming the world in six days. When chaos opened its salivating jaws, it spewed forth that which created the seven infernal habitations.

The Infernal Habitations in a dreaming sense are the unconscious areas which are the very conscious and subconscious mind; they are within the coils of the Crooked Serpent, Leviathan, the fell angelick host who became the Great Dragon and the guiding force between Samael and Lilith. Upon the path of the Witches Sabbat, the sorcerer goes forth on his or her own road away from all others, upon the very spine of the serpent overlooking the Infernal Habitations. Here the magician or witch may dive into the deep waters of self-creation to emerge and go forth on the path again. The mysteries of the Dragon are manifest in the fall. Samael descended with the Legion that went with him. His form was a Seven Headed Dragon; upon its head were Ten Horns. This is a symbol of the Ten Hells, as Hell is a word meaning “secret place”, or Helan15. If one takes the Tree of Life as a model of Heaven or towards Heaven, then the Tree of Da’ath or the Qlippoth is the model of Hell from which Samael and Lilith created. The Mouth of the Dragon joined the Crooked Serpent, Leviathan to manifest in each of the Waters. The Word of the Lie or Druj is symbolic of the serpent or dragon. The lie is the mask of the Adversary, it is ever changing, thus nothing is true and everything is permitted. This is the selfinvoked spell of self-creation and progression. The serpent or dragon (druj=worm) also is symbolic of Leviathan, the encircling daemon of endless time. By the work of Az (desire of continued existence) does
the magician begin the process of self transformation.

This model of Qlippoth was presented by S.L. MacGregor Mathers and provides a powerful initiatory tool for those daring enough to drink of the Cup of venom’s kiss, the very nectar of Iblis.