In this chapter, titled "The Camps of Humanity and the Divine Revolution in the Age of Aquarius," the author expands upon Saint Augustine’s classical division of humanity into two mystical cities (Civitas Dei and Civitas Terrena) by introducing a broader metaphysical framework. Drawing parallels with the three gunas from Indian philosophy (sattvas, rajas, and tamas), the text categorizes humanity into three primary camps: the Camp of the Divine, the Camp of the Diabolical, and the vast Camp of Nothingness. The narrative details how a narrow, power-hungry elite within the diabolical camp utilizes subtle energy exchanges and psychological control to rule over the passive majority. Looking toward the Age of Aquarius, the text proposes a "Divine Revolution of Catastrophe" driven by an external "Camp of the Free"—individuals who operate outside traditional power structures to accelerate the dissolution of existing systems and transcend the principle of rulership altogether.
Duae sunt civitates ex duobus amoribus:
civitas terrena ex amore sui usque ad contemptum Dei,
civitas caelestis ex amore Dei usque ad contemptum sui.
(De civitate Dei, XIV, 28)
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self."
This means that the division is not external, but internal, spiritual, and volitional. Therefore, these are not two "peoples," but two principles within one world. Both "cities" coexist in history, mingle within the same institutions, and often within the same individual. Even a member of the Church can existentially belong to civitas terrena if they live by self-love and power. Conversely, a pagan can, through grace, be part of civitas Dei. We see that this is not a matter of social class, but an ontological orientation of the will.
For Augustine, the Devil (Satan) is the archetypal founder of civitas terrena. He was the first to choose amor sui as opposed to amor Dei. That is why the "earthly city" can metaphysically be called diabolical—not because it is governed by demons, but because it is structured by the same principle of rebellion and egocentrism. For Augustine, the entirety of history is a drama between these two cities, and their ultimate separation occurs only at the eschaton (the Judgment Day), while until then, they remain mystically intertwined. This is a theology of history, not a sociological ideology.
This Augustinian division, though profound, remains dichotomous. To round out a revolutionary perspective, we require a third category—one that encompasses the vast majority of people: the Camp of Nothingness. In Indian philosophy, these three principles are known as the gunas: sattvas, rajas, and tamas.* They correspond perfectly to this division. The guna tamas denotes the Camp of Nothingness, rajas corresponds to the Diabolical Camp, while sattvas represents the Divine Camp.
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* Regarding the gunas, as a reminder, this concept in Indian philosophy denotes "quality, attribute, or property" and represents the fundamental forces or tendencies that constitute nature and the material world. There are three such forces: sattvas (goodness, clarity, harmony, constructiveness); rajas (passion, activity, movement, as well as restlessness and confusion); and tamas (darkness, inertia, ignorance, destructiveness, passivity). All three gunas are always present in every being and object, differing in proportion, as the dominant guna shapes character and development. Their dynamic determines the course of life and mental states, serving a role similar to elements in Hermetic philosophy.
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Now that we have clarified this, we perceive that the Camp of Nothingness comprises the masses—the cannon fodder of historical processes. Corresponding to the so-called Diabolical Camp is an ambitious, unscrupulous, greedy, intelligent, insidious, self-centered, and egocentric disposition. Its members are far fewer in number than those in the Camp of Nothingness, yet they are found in significantly greater numbers at the very top of social power. They have positioned themselves strategically, exclusively following their instincts. Wherever power is concentrated, they are present. The least numerous are those in the so-called Divine Camp, yet they possess authority.
The conditional division and differentiation of people into the Divine, the Diabolical, and the Camp of Nothingness is a consequence of historical development and social differentiation. So-called primitive communities were uniform, unlike civilized society.
Human beings are a terrifying phenomenon, not only because they can be cruel, narrow-minded, or malicious, but also because human beings carry within themselves the potential for transformation into non-human forms. A vampire was also once human. A werewolf is likewise a human. They all possess a human form alongside a hidden, atavistic one. The saying that "man is a wolf to man" is not merely a statement of character. The widely accepted view that the human species was the last to evolve suggests that humans are actually the youngest on Earth. Scorpions have existed here much longer, and who knows what their archetype might reveal to us if we had the will, courage, skill, and daring to ask.
The alchemist Fulcanelli would say that metals actually represent superior beings because they are born and mature deep within the Earth, naturally undergoing a series of transformations while living a life cycle incomprehensible to us. Just because we do not hear their murmur does not mean they are unreasoning matter. The Earth is alive, let alone the metals and crystals growing within it, as well as demonic or angelic beings.
Evolution is individual, whereas collective progress can only be involution; hence, the mass always sinks, while individuals—rarely and with difficulty—rise. That is an iron law: that which is collective is always lower; that which is sublime is always solitary. Thus, metaphorically speaking, we might expect that under certain conditions, people might grow tails and experience a reduction in brain size. Gifted individuals will expand their brain capacity and pass it on to their offspring (if they succeed), and that will constitute evolution. The majority, who merely wait for something to happen to them, will meet nothing other than nothingness.
Being "high" or "low" is a matter of diagrammatic and symbolic perspective. An equally valid perspective is one that views all beings on the same plane, distinguishing them by their properties and types of energy. Anthropocentrism is a pleasant notion, but one should by no means put all eggs in one basket—the human basket—merely because one currently belongs to that species. Humans possess many advantages—to speak, to think, to gain awareness, to make choices—yet why do they mostly choose the absurdity of existence and destruction? Look around. What we observe does not align with the potential of man as a powerful and fundamentally noble being.
Following Augustine's division from a different angle, I would define the Diabolical Camp as those most susceptible to demonic influences. Those belonging to that camp are the most receptive to demonic influence and are therefore the most willing to cooperate with demonic entities, given that such individuals are solely interested in the power or benefit they can derive from that collaboration. They are flawless egocentrics, hungry for power just as the dark consciousness of demons is hungry for a clearer, brighter consciousness.
Over time, the influence of the members of the Diabolical Camp over humanity has become predominant. Naturally, the definition of the Diabolical Camp is quite broad, as it includes not only active diabolists but also all those who fall under their influence. At the top of the diabolical pyramid of power are the most powerful, unscrupulous, insidious, and intelligent among these characters. These are individuals who think strategically and whose interests are long-term and transgenerational. They project across centuries because their demonic partners require long-term projects and their attendant benefits. Short-sightedness and shallow goals belong only to individuals in the Camp of Nothingness. They constitute the human remainder, the silent majority governed by a diabolical elite whose families and initiatic lineages have made pacts with demonic forces for generations.
The essence of the diabolical rule over the Camp of Nothingness lies in channeling imaginative imagery, controlling impressions, and disseminating seemingly logical interpretations. Members of the Diabolical Camp, in their actions and imaginations, are oriented toward the demonic class of beings, just as the Divine Camp is oriented toward divine beings—creatures that are in many ways similar to demons, but differently oriented, more complete, and luminous. The behavior of demonic beings and their human collaborators is characterized by different principles, though in essence, it all reduces to an energy exchange—a form of symbiosis in which demonic and human subtle matter mix, forming hybrid beings that are not entirely human. They are a kind of half-breed: outwardly human, but fundamentally non-human.
The magical ancestors of present-day diabolists formed alliances in the distant past with entire legions of demonic creatures whose leaders, archdemons, became gods or usurped their places on altars and in the minds of believers. The cunning mind of the priesthood of the Diabolical Camp made its demonic allies into its own ontological component. Of course, this is not a historical claim, but a metaphysical one; it describes a principle rather than a concrete event. Whether pacts were literally struck or whether this is an archetypal image is less important than the effect these dynamics have on the world.
In practical, political terms, this means the following: demonic hierarchies receive allocations of the light of consciousness, while their partners, the diabolists, rule and sometimes live unnaturally long lives, supplying demonic legions with sacrifices and energy. The Diabolical Camp not only has existed throughout history, but it also rules—specifically controlling and directing the course of civilization and fundamental magical-religious currents by managing public opinion and imaginative representations. The diabolists, as a camp, do not even have external enemies. All hostilities and wars ever fought in history are the work of the Diabolical Camp, the consequences of their own conflicting interests and vanities. The Camp of Nothingness remains unaware of these processes, blindly obeying its instincts, passions, fears, and narrow interests, while the influence of the Divine Camp is far more subtle. Members of the Divine Camp determine the most general flows of power—the codes through which diabolists weave their networks of influence. The Divine Camp holds the reign, while the diabolists exercise concrete power.
I view the incoming Age of Aquarius as a time for dismantling the power of the Diabolical Camp. Thus, it is time for a thorough exorcism on Earth. This difficult task cannot be accomplished by average people from the Camp of Nothingness, nor even by the Divine Camp, but only by the most extreme diabolists—who themselves form a distinct, fourth group: the Camp of the Free.
The Camp of the Free is not simply a fourth camp alongside the other three, but exists outside them. They are neither of the Divine (for they do not seek mercy), nor of the Diabolical (for they do not seek power), nor of the Camp of Nothingness (for they are not passive). They are those who have recognized the game and decided to end it. They serve no principle; rather, in a paradoxical way, they serve nothingness as an active force, not as a passive end. They are revolutionaries in the purest sense, aiming not to replace one rule with another, but to abolish the principle of rulership altogether.
In light of this, my writings carry a specific purpose: to illuminate (or initiate and announce) the appearance of such individuals who will naturally strive to infiltrate and reach the very top of the Diabolical Camp's power pyramid. From those positions, from the top down, they will revolutionize the diabolical power structures and, consequently, civilization itself. This indicates that these ideas aim toward a global, magical, exorcistic, revolutionary action that is obscure, conspiratorial, and transgenerational.
For diabolical power structures, for civilization, and for humanity in general, the rise of these extreme figures will represent a profound shift—a consciously driven transformation, whereas otherwise, if events are left to their natural course, humanity as a species would remain caught in the total dominance of the Diabolical Camp. The very act of reflecting upon such an outcome, and projecting that image into the world through the written word, constitutes an act shaped by far-reaching intent, conceived on subtle planes.
Imagine the global stage of political, economic, cultural, and magical power as a vast chessboard upon which two sets of pieces are strategically arranged: white and black. These represent two ruling, opposing factions within the Diabolical Camp. A grand game is underway—a centuries-old conflict between two factions of hierarchy and power, or two cults. Let us designate them conditionally as the Cult of Water and the Cult of Earth—that is, the Cult of Leviathan and the Cult of Behemoth.
The entire course of civilization and history thus far has been guided by the ideas, interests, and conflicts of these two secret groups. It is a conflict of world-historical proportions that permeates nearly all levels of human activity. Representatives of both factions are found almost everywhere, in every center of institutional or non-institutional power, contending for control. No single center of formal or informal power is under the absolute control of one faction, as there are always operatives and spies from the other side.
This network is practically endless. Both factions possess roughly equal power and influence, save for temporary fluctuations. Occasionally, a center previously managed by one faction falls under the control of the other, or they jointly form new centers of power. This state of affairs has persisted for thousands of years. It is time for this conflict to end, and with it, the destruction of current forms of magical globalism. Neither side can emerge victorious, as they are locked in a mutual deadlock that must be broken. They are aware of this, yet lack the capacity or trust to resolve it themselves.
In the background of this complex war stand high adepts of both cults. They are like kings and queens in chess. Some are guarded like kings, existing in deep anonymity, stationary and occupied with fundamental matters such as communicating with occult forces. Others are operational and highly active, like the queen piece. At the bottom of the hierarchies are lower-ranking pieces and pawns. These are manipulated individuals—indoctrinated, hypnotized, programmed, bought, privileged relative to the general public, or magically obsessed. The pawns lack insight into the whole game and its trans-eonic structure, yet they feel its power and fear it.
Both factions, despite their disputes, contribute equally to destructive processes throughout history. In their essence, both cults represent opposite ends of the same magical chain, and as such, their structures face eventual collapse. However, humanity cannot simply wait for a slow, natural dissolution, as that process risks dragging the species down with it. Time is limited, as the process of breakdown is already advanced. The objective of this catastrophe-revolution is to accelerate this transition, ensuring viable pathways for the future—for the end of an old condition is not merely a conclusion, but a prerequisite for new vitality.
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Baphomithras: The Arrow, the Eye, and the Lyre
Baphomithras: The Magical Current of the Divine Revolution of Catastrophe
NOTE:
Originally published in Serbian. This English version is an AI-assisted translation of the original text.
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