The magical chain of the Divine Revolution of Catastrophe is not mere speculation; rather, it is recognized in the signs of the times, in the spirit streaming through history. My role is not to create it, but to name it and render it visible. I have called the actors within this chain divine revolutionaries of catastrophe, given that they will receive support from divine forces—that is, support from the spirit of the age.
At this point, it is necessary to illuminate the concept of the magical chain once again. Let us begin with Arcana XV of the Tarot: The Devil. This is not the Devil of the Church, but the Devil understood as Baphomet. As Eliphas Levi sketched Baphomet (an imagery applied to the Devil Arcana in certain Tarot decks), his right hand is raised, pointing to the heavens, while his left hand points down toward the earth. This is the symbolism of the formula E Pluribus Unum ("out of many, one"), or Solve et Coagula ("dissolution and coagulation").
Pluribus and Solve express the principle of extroversion and growth, as it expands and stretches the magical chain, drawing in new people. The process of Solve is indicated by Baphomet's right hand and the symbol of the White Moon. The principle of Baphomet's left hand is Unum and Coagula—compression, harmonization, condensation, gathering, and focusing—which is indicated by the symbol of the Black Moon. Through the left hand, the figure achieves its foundation, grounding, and centeredness, while through the right hand, it continuously maintains a circular or spiral initiative. This implies being anchored in the Earth, whether understood as an element or as a planet.
The pentagram on Baphomet's forehead is not inverted, but upright. Unlike the inverted pentagram, the upright pentagram is an operative symbol intended for operations aimed at thickening and concretizing something. The inverted pentagram, on the other hand, dilutes that which is concrete. The relationship between the inverted and upright pentagram is identical to the aforementioned Solve et Coagula formula: the inverted represents Solve, while the upright represents Coagula. The inverted pentagram signifies the descent of the spirit, resulting in the attenuation of matter; conversely, the upright pentagram implies the elevation of the spirit and the condensation of matter. Thus, we have two series:
Right hand pointing upward: Solve — Pluribus — White Moon — Inverted Pentagram — Sephira Chesed.
Left hand pointing downward: Coagula — Unum — Black Moon — Upright Pentagram — Sephira Geburah.
This is why the Black Moon in the illustration of Baphomet is placed at a lower position and the White Moon at a higher position: the Black Moon is closer to the terrestrial realm, closer to incarnation, materialization, and the realization of intent. In the Kabbalistic sense, the Moon is the Shekhinah—Yahweh's Shakti, his strength, a disguised goddess—which finds its male counterpart in the divine name of the lunar Sephira Yesod, which is Shaddai.
The Devil / Baphomet is the foundational figure of the Divine Revolution of Catastrophe, serving as the glyph of its magical chain. In the Tarot of Marseilles, the Devil card depicts two demonic figures, male and female, held on a chain by a central devilish figure. The chain is not taut, for the figures do not struggle; rather, they meekly consent to their position. These are souls caught or bound—whether voluntarily or against their will—within the magical chain.
The chain itself represents strength and embodies a specific passion; hence, its connection to the Eleventh Key of the Tarot, titled Strength / Lust. Thus, we arrive at the question: Who creates the magical chain of the Divine Revolution of Catastrophe, and who or what is its prime mover?
Let us recall the fate of Sabbatai Zevi, whose soul resides in a state of messianic incubation in a terrifying place: the abyss. Sabbatai Zevi, the 17th-century false Jewish messiah, represents the archetype of messianic incubation because, according to Sabbatean doctrine, he is the one who fell in order to rise. His fate is a parable for every true revolutionary soul: first, you must be swallowed in order to become the one who swallows. It is the serpent tormented by serpents. What is this serpent? Rather, who is this serpent?
The serpent in messianic incubation is vividly depicted by The Hanged Man card in Crowley's deck. It is the one hidden in the watery abyss, the Black Mummy, for which I have used the Lovecraftian name Cthulhu. The Black Mummy represents eternal damnation, the infinite kiss of the Second Death at the very bottom of the abyss—rot and decay. The stage of the messianic serpent's suffering is the non-sephira Da'ath.
In the alchemical process of fermentation—consisting of putrefaction and spiritization—crucified between these two processes and crushed under the weight of all worlds and endless masses of darkness where no one and nothing exists, lies the sealed Black Mummy. Enclosed in a sarcophagus with fourteen seals of consciousness, in the agony of eternal decay where every thought turns into a worm that rots in an instant to form new worms feeding on its decay, it lies helpless and bound. Everything has been taken from it: the light of consciousness, the radiance of being, everything. Nailed and sealed in an eternal singularity of dissolution, it suffers the agony of absolute helplessness, immobility, chaos, and the noise of a decaying soul. Above it lies everything that exists, eternally inaccessible.
The only thing it can do in that chaos of rotting thoughts—completely insane, bound, and cast aside—is to give vent to its own monstrosity, generating immense power out of absolute powerlessness. Thus, the Black Mummy radiates a darkness older than any light—a darkness that is the source, not the absence, of light; a darkness that, like a Black Sun whose rays are black serpents, possesses the minds of the living, the minds of those beings who possess inner light.
The first such content—described here as the serpentine ray of the Black Mummy—drifted into my mind through a dream long ago, and later through visions. The Black Mummy temporarily exchanged contents of consciousness with me, granting me insight into its terrifying world and terrible awareness, while it looked upon this world through my eyes. It was then that the idea of the Divine Revolution of Catastrophe was conceived within me—a revolution whose ultimate goal would be the liberation of the entity I perceived as the Black Mummy, later naming it Cthulhu, inspired by Lovecraft's writings.
In subsequent visions, I saw images of the liberation of this terrifying non-being from the abyss, completing itself with every step of the process. It was as if marvelous Tarot cards were depicting the return of an ancient god from the realms of comprehensive exile.
At the end of this process, which I have termed the incubation of the messianic serpent, that which emerged in the finale was a fascinating, powerful, and exquisitely beautiful being. It is the image of a forgotten and cursed primordial god who has surfaced to shatter, in fire, the terrifying specter of the decaying order of those gods who came after him.
That god is the source of the power of the revolution. He is the Boy-God—one who speaks in silence and through silence, who, while residing in the sarcophagus, sang a stormy song of screeching winds. The Boy-God represents not weakness, but uncorruptedness. He embodies potential that has not yet been used, a force that has not yet been molded into set shapes and patterns. He is the god before he became a god.
The Revolution is a special kind of theurgy aiming not merely at a change of gods, but at the renewal of the divinity itself: from a lifeless Black Mummy to a divine child; from a rotting, undead old man to a living, young god. He is the "Young Turk" god, a revolutionary, the father of all revolutionaries—those whom he has chosen as his apostles, priests, prophets, and messengers. He is a god who does not demand worship, but recognition. And when you recognize him, you are no longer his follower—you slowly become him.
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Originally published in Serbian. This English version is an AI-assisted translation of the original text.
