LEVIATHAN, “DRAGON OF THE WATERY ABYSS”

"Destruction of Leviathan". 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré.

Article Copyright © 2010 by Alyne A. Pustanio

“May those who curse days curse that day,

Those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

May its morning stars become dark;

May it wait for daylight in vain

And not see the first days of the dawn.”  – Book of Job

 

In the Enoch parables, Leviathan is the primitive female sea-dragon and monster of evil; in Rabbinic writings, she is identified with Rahab, Fallen Angel of the Primordial Deeps, and is called the Twin of Behemoth.

Leviathan and Behemoth are said to have been created by the Hebrew God on the fifth day and in ancient lore, the final end for all but the purified souls is to be swallowed by Leviathan. 

Called “Lothan” by the Canaanites, Leviathan – in Hebrew LVThN – is the supernatural monster associated with the underworld.  She (sometimes he) is described as a giant, seven-headed serpent that inhabits the ocean’s depths; in Qaballistic lore, Leviathan lies coiled about the roots of the Tree of Life intruding with her seven heads into the Sephira, the spheres containing the emanations of God. 

In the Book of Job, Leviathan is described as a horrific beast that no human can conquer:

“Can you draw out Leviathan with an hook?

Can you put a hook into his nose,

Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Behold the hope of him is in vain!

Shall you not be cast down even at the sight of him?

When he raises up, the mighty are afraid:

He is the king over all the children of pride.”

Leviathan is also mentioned in the Book of Revelation.  At the end of the world, Leviathan is the monster that rises from the sea to devour humankind:

“And I stood upon the sand of the sea,

And saw a beast rise up out of the sea,

Having seven heads and ten horns,

And upon his horns ten crowns,

And upon his head the name

BLASPHEMY.”

Aquatic monsters similar to Leviathan figure prominently in numerous mythological systems around the world.  Australian myth includes the “Bunyip,” a ferocious water beast who dwells in the silt of lake bottoms, reaching up to drag down mortals who come too close.  In Chile, the aboriginal peoples fear “Camahueto,” a sea monster known for attacking ships and dragging sailors to their deaths.  The “Kanaloa” of Hawaii is described as a giant squid god ruling over the underworld of Hawaiian legends; the “Kraken” of ancient Greek myth was the bane of seafarers across the Mediterranean; the Loch Ness monster and similar beast are also well known.

Occultists know Leviathan as the Crooked Serpent, the Coiling Dragon of the Abyss, God of the Jagged Spine who plumbs the depths of the Soul.  Order and Chaos at one and the same time, Leviathan is a source of phenomenal power within the occult practitioner and, once tapped, something to be feared by those whom the practitioner might target.

Unlike Pazuzu, the force and energy of Leviathan is not so straightforward or clear-cut.  As the sea rises and falls, roils and rolls according to the mood of the moon and the weight of gravity, so the Leviathanic energy ebbs and flows according to the power of the one calling it forth. 

“Leviathan, the great Dragon of the Watery Abyss, roars forth as the surging sea, and these invocations are his tribunals.” – LaVey

Although often identified as a masculine force in Hebrew and early-Christian texts, occultists more frequently evoke and direct Leviathan as a feminine force similar to Tiamat, the great she-dragon of Sumerian and Persian magical tradition.  In this way, Leviathan is manifested as the Beast of the Subconscious, a “violent angel” of primordial darkness uncoiling in accordance with the will of the sorcerer.  Like the overwhelming force of water unleashed, the power of Leviathan floods and consumes all in its path.

Some traditions compare Leviathan to Apep, the Elder Serpent of Set, and imbue the beast with those powers commonly associated with the powerful serpent gods.  Set’s serpent, like Tiamat, it coiled about the heart of creation in the depths of the Abyss and responds only to his command.  In this description, too, we find similarities to pre-Magian beliefs that paired Azhdeha, the Akko-Dragon, with Ahriman, the God Angri-Mainyu; just as Ahriman became synonymous with the devil of the pre-Babylonian Hebrews, so also was Azhdeha elevated and ultimately both became identified as ranking among the most powerful princes of Hell.

To the practitioner, Leviathan rules the Will, the essence of Self, the lowest-consciousness burning with a steady, black flame.  Leviathan becomes the circle of working and even the Eliphas Levi the great Mage stressed the power of Leviathan by causing it to encircle Samael and Lilith in the Sigil of the Great Work, which he designed. 

Leviathan responds to the sorcerer in the deepest, most secret depths of the soul and has a natural predilection to manifest the desires of the sorcerer.  Once manifest, however, Leviathan cannot be denied; she must be faced and her power directed in a proper current, otherwise the result is all-consuming Chaos.  The focused power of Leviathan, stemming from a limitless cosmic wellspring, cannot be banished, nor is it easily countered or resisted.  If the Leviathanic current is one of retribution and vengeance, there is no escape, and because the sorcerer cannot absorb it again into his being, the target has no alternative but to abide it, and hope to survive. 

“From the West, Leviathan,

Crooked Serpent of the Oceans of Immortal Existence,

I call Thee forth to witness this rite.

Open Thy eye to me and arise from the Depths!

I walk the path of the Daemon,

I walk the earth in search of Wisdom,

In spirit I walk the ghost roads to become as Thee!

I summon Thee LEVIATHAN!”

 

PAZUZU HEADS

Pazuzu was an Assyrian and Babylonian demonic god of the first millennium BC. He normally has a dog-like face like here, and where his body is depicted he has a scaly torso, a snake-headed penis, the talons of a bird and usually wings. He is often regarded as an evil underworld demon, but he seems also to have played a beneficent role as a protector against disease-bearing winds (especially the west wind). He was closely associated with the demoness Lamashtu who stole babies from their mother's womb or when newly born.

Pazuzu acted to counter her evil: he forced her back to the underworld. Amulets of Pazuzu like this were therefore placed in windows hung inside and out of dwellings, attached to bedroom furniture. Smaller versions were hung around the necks of pregnant women.

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RESOURCES

“Luciferian Witchcraft: Azal’ucel Edition,” Michael W. Ford, Succubus Publishing, 2006.

“The Encyclopedia of Hell,” Miriam Van Scott, Thomas Dunn Books / St. Martin’s, 1998.

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