Who killed five prostitutes in Whitechapel in 1888? Why do some think the crimes had a ritualistic aspect to them? I believe The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn may have the answers. I believe the killings were related to Venus, Goddess of love, beauty, sex...and prostitutes. The symbols of the goddess and planet are mixed with the symbols of Christ in the killings.
We know that the Order opened a temple in London in 1888. This temple was dedicated to Isis and Urania. Both these goddesses are connected to love. I found a book by Israel Regardie concerning the magical practices of The Golden Dawn. He quotes FRATER A. M. A. G. who was a member of the temple...
"The first Temple founded in England in 1887-88 under the governance of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was named very appropriately Isis-Urania. Isis-Urania is Venus, and she is the occult planet which rep-resents the Genius of this Order - Venus, the Evening and the Morning Star, presaging the rising of the Sun of ineffable Light."
So this temple is actually dedicated to Venus. Why disguise this?
He goes on...
"It is well known that Venus is a planet peculiarly associated with occult and mystical aspiration. In The Secret Doctrine we find Blavatsky stating that "Venus, or Lucifer, the planet, is the light-bearer of our Earth, in both a physical and mystical sense."
Venus was known as Lucifer, so The Golden Dawn are Luciferians. As were the Freemasons, according to Master Mason Albert Pike, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction.. Here's a quote from his book "Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry." Written 1871.
"LUCIFER, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darknesss! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual or selfish Souls ? Doubt it not!"
He also said elsewhere...
"To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and 30th degrees: 'The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine.'"
Freemasonry, Luciferianism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism. All went to the construction of The Golden Order and their temple to Venus.
It must be stipulated that Pike does not see Lucifer as the devil. He sees this figure as a source of enlightenment, opposing the darkness of Satan. That's what he says, anyway. One would wonder why he would hold up for worship a figure that symbolises pride and a desire to rise beyond God, at least in the Bible.
A quote from "Luciferianism or Satanism in English freemasonry, an essay Part I and II" by Fouquet, L (Leon). Page 88.
"Pike was a firm believer in Rosicrucianism and Hermeticism".
Both these magical systems are related to The Order Of The Golden Dawn.
The Ripper murders are full of connections and symbols of Venus. The symbols of Venus(the planet and the Goddess) are conflated with images of Christ. I believe the killer or killers were suggesting a link between these two deities.
The planet Venus takes 8 years to form a pentagram in the sky. So we have two relevant numbers. 8 and 5. The murders took place in 1888 and there were five murders. The first murder, of Mary Ann Nichols, took place in August 31st, the 8th month. So that's 4 8's. August 31st is a feast day for the Virgin Mary. The Cincture of the Theotokos(Virgin Mary). This day celebrates the appearance of Mary after her death where she gives her Cincture(belt) to Thomas the Apostle.
August 31st is also The Feast of Sacred Heart of Jesus. Celebrating Christ's love for mankind.
The second murder, Annie Chapman, was 8 days later on the 8th of September. So we have SIX 8's. This killer loves the number 8. September 8th is another day of remembrance for Mary, the mother of Christ.
"The Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on September 8 each year. The Feast commemorates the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Lord."
(It has to be stipulated that there are 42 days of the year dedicated to Mary and 28 to Jesus which means that there is a 1 in 5 chance that a ripper killing would coincidence with said feast days. I include them as evidence with that caveat.)
The two Mary's-present at Christ's crucifixion- symbolise the two aspects of Venus: love and sex.
Sometimes Venus is also identified as the Stella maris, a title of Mary, mother of Jesus of Nazareth.
The double event killing, of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes, took place on September 30th, 22 days later. The 22nd letter of the Roman/English alphabet is V. V For Venus. The number 22 is sacred to Mary Magdelene, herself rumoured to be a prostitute. Her feast day is the 22nd of July. Father Berenger Suaniere, the mysterious priest of Rennes-le-Château was obssessed with Mary Magdelene and the number 22...
"The lone window in Abbe Saunières Tour Magdela, which is pointed to by an anomalous floor tile at the base of the Tour Magdela, in turn points unambiguously at a grotto approximately a mile in the distance, which is named ‘The Burial Site of Mary Magdalene’ (remember, her feast day is 22) and is offset from the grotto by 22 degrees (south of west)."
"Abbe Saunière’s dramatic creation, the Tour Magdela, and the adjoining garden (also his design) are connected by 22 steps."
"Abbe Saunière’s Tour Magdela has 22 steps leading to the top of the tower."
All the Magdelene structures were built between (1887-1897).
The number 22 and Venus can be found in Israel Regardie's book The Golden Dawn.
"By referring the number 22 in a slightly different way to the Qabalah of Nine Chambers, we may obtain 220, which is the Gematria of Kor 13, the Lamb, Abi-Agnus, the Strength of our Race - also the initials of Christian Rosenkreutz. Moreover, 2 plus 2, equals 4, which is the number of Dalefh, which means a door, referred to Venus, the symbolical figure which em-braces the whole Tree of Life, revealing that compassion or love is that fiery force which binds together through an orderly growth and progression the whole Sephirotic Scheme into a Unity."
The Kabbalah tree of life is used by The Order of The Golden Dawn and usually consists of 10 or 11 nodes symbolizing different archetypes and 22 paths connecting the nodes. The nodes are often arranged into three columns to represent that they belong to a common category.
Also. The Book of Revelations shows a link between Venus(Lucifer), Jesus and the number 22. In Chapter 22 verse 16 we have...
"I Jesus have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches; I am the Scion and offspring of David, the bright star of the Morning."
Star of the morning was a title for the planet Venus.
Amongst Catherine Eddowes' belongings were described a "dark green chintz dress, with Michaelmas daisies, golden lily pattern", and it is specifically said to come from a list issued by the police. Maybe the killer provided this dress for the victim, planted it on her or maybe he just got lucky because the lily is a flower connected to Venus.
A little something about Elizabeth Stride. One Matthew Packer claimed to have seen the woman with her killer just before she was murdered and that the suspect bought grapes from his shop on Berner Street; which was close to where her body was found. The story is dubious and no grapes were found in Stride's stomach. But the story continues when two sisters, Mrs Rosenfield and Miss Eva Harstein, claimed to have seen a grape stem smeared with blood near to where Stride's body was found. Two private detectives later found a grape stem in the sink in the yard where Stride was found. It was presumed that the police had left it there after cleaning up the site.
This grape theory is compounded by three witnesses: Louis Diemschutz, Isaac Kozebrodski and Fanny Mortimer, who claimed that Stride had grapes in one hand and sweetmeats in the other. It was established that a packet of cachous were found in her hand but no grapes were found. Whatever the truth, this grape theory is interesting because Venus is connected to wine through the celebration of Vinalia.
Wine is of course related to Jesus being a manifestation of his blood which is drunk in mass.
Pc Smith who witnessed the body of Stride said she had a red rose pinned to her coat. Another witness saw her hours before her death and she did not have a rose. She was seen later, just before her death and had the flower. Did the killer give it to her?
The red rose is of course related to the Goddess Venus and Christ. With the red rose there was Maidenhair Fern on Strides' clothing. Maidenhair Fern comes in several varieties. The Southern Maidenhair Fern-Adiantum Capillus-Veneris- is often called 'Venus Hair Fern.' It grows in parts of the UK. Also Adiantum Hispidulum is also called 'Bronze Venus'. It grows quite happily in the UK. I'm willing to bet that either of these ferns was attached to Elizabeth Stride's clothing. Put there for ritual reasons by the killer.
So a packet of cachous were found in her hand. Why did she not drop them? Cachous are lozenges that freshen the breath. They commonly contained, at the time of the killings, Catechu, an extract of the acacia tree.
"The Acacia symbol is an important symbol in Freemasonry and is widely used by Masons throughout the world. The Acacia tree stands for immortality and life everlasting, representing spiritual growth and renewal throughout our journey on earth."
Also acacia is related to the Egyptian love goddess Isis...
"The acacia is a tree of beauty, usefulness, powerful protection, life and death, and the magic of healing…and thus it is sacred unto Isis, Iset Shontet, the Lady of the Acacia."
The fifth and final killing was 40 days later on the 9th of November. This foxed me at first. 40 days connects to Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus and Venus are both connected to love. And they share a legend. Both are said to have turned the white rose red with drops of their blood. Is the location of WHITEchapel apt then? Turned red with blood? The killings form a cross with the utterly ruined form of Kelly being a red rose on the cross? Rosicrucianism? Maybe. A rose is said to have five petals. The five petalled rose is also said to be sacred to Venus because it is said to be a symbol of the pentagram the planet Venus forms in the heavens.
"Unlike other planets that retrograde yearly, Venus’s retrograde happens only every 18 to 24 months. it lasts for 40 days."
This is true for some manifestations of the Venus retrograde. It can last for more than 40 days, but for ancient astrologers the 40 days retrograde period became the tradition and held significance.
It is thought that early observance of this retrograde of 40 days is deliberately reflected in the Bible. When Christ rose from the dead he spent 40 days with his disciples before ascending to Heaven. Another example of Christ/Venus connection.
The rose is a symbol of Venus. But when Christianity took over Rome things changed. Instead of belonging to Venus, the rose became the flower of the Virgin Mary and she was deemed to be the Rosa mystica.
So the year of the Ripper killings and the number of dead are connected to Venus. The number 8 turns up so many times in a row it is suspicious.
And all the days between the Ripper killings relate to the motions of the planet Venus and /or involve elements from Christianity.
The Golden Dawn had three orders or levels. The Second Order was formally established under the name Ordo Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis (the Order of the Red Rose and the Golden Cross). The rose of Rosicrucianism is five petalled. Like the five Ripper victims, like the five wounds of Christ ON THE CROSS, like the five pointed star Venus makes in the sky every 8 years.
Jesus referred to himself as the morning star. This is a title of the planet Venus. Both Inanna and Ishtar are connected to the planet Venus. Both are love goddesses. Ishtar's worship involved prostitution. Jesus arose in a city ruled by Romans, who of course venerated Venus. Some scholars have pointed out that aspects of Jesus are similar to pre-existing gods and characters. His supposed birth date was shared with Mithras, for instance. Jesus rode an ass like Dionysus. Maybe there was a deliberate conflating of Jesus and Venus. By whom? I don't know, but it seems to have served the killer of five prostitutes.
The vesica Pisces was originally a symbol of the Goddess Venus. It is also related to Jesus.
A sure connection between Venus and Jesus is the fact that they were both Gods and concerned with love.
The killings occurred in 1888. In Greek gematria- isopsephia- the name Jesus is 888. Ιησους (Iesous, translated as "Jesus"). So it is logical that the killers chose this year because it shows yet another link between Jesus and Venus.
This may be coincidence but the first and last victims were both called Mary. Two Mary's. Like at the crucifixion of Jesus-one was even rumoured to have been a prostitute. It was during the death of Christ on the cross that his blood was said to have dripped on the white rose and turned it red. Rose and cross. The first four deaths form a cross on the land. The fifth is the bloody rose.
If this use of the name Mary is correct then it shows a greater level of manipulation and planning than has been theorised by Ripper scholars.
Also. The first and last killings, as well as being named Mary, occurred on a Friday. Friday is a day sacred to Venus. A day for ritual magic. And Christ died on a Friday. Is it any wonder the killer conflated the two figures?
There's more. The body parts taken from the victims all connect to the goddess Venus. Wombs, bladder, kidney, heart. The killer cut off the nose of Catherine Eddowes. But as to whether he took it is not clear. The first to find Eddowes, Pc Watkins, says this...
"She also suffered terrible facial mutilation - her lower left eyelid had been cut through, and there was a slash on her face from her eye to her nose, which had nearly been severed. "
Also.
"There was a deep cut over the bridge of the nose extending from the left border of the nasal bone down near to the angle of the jaw on the right side across the cheek. This cut went into the bone and divided all the structures of the cheek except the mucous membrane of the mouth. The tip of the nose was quite detached from the nose by an oblique cut from the bottom of the nasal bone to where the wings of the nose join on to the face."
Also...
"The murderer had inserted the knife just under the left eye, and, drawing it under the nose, cut the nose completely from the face, at the same time inflicting a dreadful gash down the right cheek to the angle of the jawbone. The nose was laid over on the cheek."
So the tip of her nose was cut off but as to if the killer took it is up for debate.
"The nose was laid over on the cheek." Is ambiguous. Was Watkins talking about the vertical wound to the nose or was he saying the severed tip was left on the victim's cheek? "there was a slash on her face from her eye to her nose, which had nearly been severed. "
Nearly severed? so the flap of the nose could be "The nose was laid over on the cheek" and not the tip of the nose.
Maybe the killer took the tip of the nose or maybe he lost it in the dark and meant to take it, I don't know. The nose is another body part connected to Venus. But only for one group. The Order Of The Golden Dawn. In Regardie's book on that magical order he points out that the facial features are all related to planets or Gods. The left nostril is related to Venus. This directly connects the Ripper Murders to The Golden Dawn.
Mary Kelly's nose was also cut off, but so was most of her facial features. The number of severed parts in the room she died in makes it impossible to say if her nose was taken. There is no mention of this notion. Her heart was cut out and possibly taken. Some theorise it was burnt in the fireplace. What better symbol of the Goddess of love than the heart?
Mary Kelly's body was found in her home, 13 Miller's Court. The planet Venus takes 8 years to make a 5 pointed star. 8+5=13. She was killed on a Friday. Put it together and you get Friday and 13. Friday The 13th was the date when the Templar Knights were assassinated and arrested. Some of them escaped to Scotland where their faith became The Scottish Rite Of Freemasonry. The beginning of this spiritual craft.
More on Catherine Eddowes' mutilations...from Dr Frederic Gordon Brown, who conducted the autopsy.
"The abdominal walls were divided in the middle line to within an inch of the navel. The cut then took a horizontal course for two inches and a half towards right side. It then divided round the navel on the left side and made a parallel incision to the former horizontal incision, leaving the navel on a tongue of skin."
So the killer was attempting to take her navel? Maybe he took fright before he could do so. Venus is the Goddess of love, sex and fertility. Fertility is the ability to produce offspring. To have babies.
So the navel is connected to childbirth and therefore Venus.
But this wasn't the first time the killer took a fancy to the navel of his victim. Dr George Bagster Phillips conducted the autopsy of Annie Chapman, the second victim. He says...
"The following parts were missing:- part of belly wall including navel; the womb, the upper part of vagina & greater part of bladder."
This time he did take the navel, as well as other body parts connected to Venus.
Annie also had several brass rings taken. Brass is an alloy of copper and another metal, often zinc. Copper is sacred to Venus. Copper used to be called Venus in olden days.
At her feet the killer had posed some items of Annie's: two combs. Symbols of vanity. Beauty. Venus.
But back to Catherine Eddowes for a second.
Catherine Eddowes' body was found in Mitre square. The mitre is a ceremonial hat used by Freemasons. The Square is a major part of the logo of Freemasonry. The Golden Dawn was partially based on Rosicrucianism which was also inspired by rites used in Freemasonry. Indeed Rosicrucian’s were made up of Freemasons. We have already shown a link between Freemasons, Venus/Lucifer and The Order Of The Golden Dawn.
Mary Jeanette Kelly was the last victim and had a fine funeral with a cross made up of heart's-ease on top of her coffin. Heart's-ease is sometimes called, rather aptly, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me and Love-in-idleness. It is connected to Venus through her son...
"According to Roman Mythology, the wild pansy turned into the Love-in-idleness as Cupid/Eros shot one of his arrows at the imperial votaress, but missed and instead struck it. As Cupid is the god of desire, affection and erotic love, the flower's juice received the trait, to act as a love potion."
Also, the plant is connected again to Venus in Greek myth...
"According to Greek Mythology, Zeus fell in love with a young woman named Io and provoked jealousy to his wife Hera. He transformed the girl into a heifer and kept her grazing at his feet. For pity on the diet of herbs to which he submitted the beloved, he caused the earth to produce beautiful flowers that he called Io. Another Greek legend has it that the delicate white flowers were worshiped by Eros To inhibit this worship, Aphrodite/Venus colored them, which resulted in tricolor coloration."
Mary Jeanette Kelly had several carriages and a nice coffin at her funeral. How did a destitute prostitute pay for all this? Or did someone else finance it? Since the flowers were connected to Venus it makes me wonder.
The year of the killings. The number of killings. The days between each killing. The body parts taken. All connected to Venus, with the odd inclusion of Christ symbology. If the killer wasn't part of some magical cult dedicated to Venus then he sure looked like he was.
The press received many letters purporting to be from the killer. The name of Jack The Ripper came about through one of them. Scholars of the crimes suggest that reporters sent the letters and made up the name of the killer. Maybe not. Take the year 1888. The 18th letter of the alphabet is R. If you use a circular alphabet or, as I call it, an Uroboros alphabet(where the 26th letter is Z and the 27th is A and so on) then the 88th letter is J. So we have J and R. Reverse them and we have J and R the initials of Jack The Ripper. So maybe Jack was writing some of those letters and gave them his preferred name.
You are probably familiar with the character of Robert Donston Stephenson. An occultist who was a suspect for the ripper killings at the time. He was the first to suggest that the ripper was a mage and that the body parts taken could be used in a magical ritual. I think he was one of the killers for the Golden Dawn, hinting to the truth about the body parts being used in a ritual.
Stephenson wrote The Patristic Gospels in 1904, which was a return to earlier versions of the first four books of The New Testament. So, being an occultist, he was familiar with the similarities between Venus and Jesus.
Stephenson took the name Roslyn D'nston sometime before the killings. His name connects him to the killings. Roslyn has a few possible meanings. One is 'meek horse'. The other is a combination of Ros(Rose) and Lyn(the Linden tree).
Stephenson was born in Hull, Humberside. In the 1860's his mother lived on Linnaeus Street in Linnaeus House in Hull. Linnaeus also refers to Linden trees! Nearby this house was Roslyn Villas. This is probably where he got his pseudonym. Roslyn therefore refers to the rose and the linden tree.
The rose is obviously a symbol of Venus. The Linden tree is connected to Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the Greek Goddess of love and inspired the Roman Goddess Venus-lending her many of her aspects. The Linden tree is also connected to the Norse Goddess Freya. She was also connected to love. As I mentioned the first and last killings took place on Friday. Freya and another similar Norse goddess Frigg are both said to be origin of the word Friday. So Freya is related to Venus through this fact.
Here's more on Freya..
"Freya is the goddess of love and fertility in Norse mythology, and she is associated with sex, lust, beauty, sorcery, gold, war, and death. "
"It was Freya who taught magic (Old Norse: seiðr) to Odin and the rest of the Aesir, previously it was only practiced by the Vanir. She and her father have also been appointed the high priest and priestess of sacrificial offerings."
Love sex, magic and death and sacrificial offerings. All the relevant themes of the ripper killings.
Roslyn is a girl's name. Why would he use it? As an occultist he may have known the symbology of the name. Here are some mentions from the web about linden tree symbology...
"Symbol of Love and Fertility: The linden tree is often considered a symbol of love and fertility due to its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant flowers. In some cultures, it is believed that couples who sit under a linden tree will have a long and happy marriage."
"The linden tree was also associated with the Virgin Mary, and its leaves were used to make garlands for her feast day."
"In Renaissance art, linden leaves were often included in paintings of the Annunciation, symbolizing the purity and innocence of the Virgin Mary."
"In Christianity, the linden tree is believed to be a symbol of Christ’s crown of thorns and is associated with the Virgin Mary. In some parts of Europe, linden wood was used to carve religious sculptures and altarpieces."
"During the Christianization of Scandinavia, many pagan names were replaced with Christian names, i.e. the common milkwort (Polygala vulgaris). This plant used to be called Freya’s hair, but it was renamed after the Virgin Mary."
So we have Mary again AND Jesus connected to the linden tree.
"In German folklore, the linden tree is the "tree of lovers". "
"In Slavic countries, the linden tree was considered a link between life and death, further emphasizing its spiritual significance"
The name Roslyn connects him to the ripper killings and hence to The Golden Dawn. As an occultist he would pay close attention to coincidence. Finding the name Roslyn would have been a sign to Stephenson.
Roslyn also went by the name TAUTRIADELTA. The word suggests a symbol. A 'T' shaped cross made from three triangles. I found such a symbol connected to Choronzon, a demon first mentioned by occultists John Dee and Edward Kelley hundreds of years before the Ripper murders. It was said to live in an abyss.
I have yet to find the origin of the symbol or when it dates from. Is it possible that Roslyn knew of this demon? And based his name on the symbol of the demon?
In 1898 occultist Aleister Crowley joined the Golden Dawn.
In 1909 Crowley conjured Choronzon. He was perhaps the first to assign a number to this demon: 333. In Hebrew gematria the word Churunzun equals to 333. Is it coincidence that Roslyn's occult name TAUTRIADELTA suggests the number 333 too?
Jesus is related to the number 333 too. Nasa has looked into the death date of Christ and come up with 3rd of April 33AD. Apparently there was an eclipse during the crucifixion. This date is not new and has been theorised for a long time.
Apparently Crowley suspected Roslyn of being the ripper and said that the killer gave him several bloodstained ties to prove it. If this is true then we know Roslyn and Crowley met. Did they talk of Choronzon? We may never know.
Tautriadelta was Stephenson's HERMETIC name. The full name of The Golden Dawn is The Hermetic Order Of The Golden Dawn. He studied the same magical practice as the order, although there is no proof he was ever an official member or even associated with them. Tautriadelta can also be imagined as three crosses in a triangle. There were three crosses on Calvary when Jesus died.
Stephenson was in Whitechapel at the times of the five killings. He had admitted himself at the London Hospital for some minor condition. The first death was a few yards from the hospital. Some Ripperologists state he could not be the killer because one of the killings took place so early in the morning that he would have been missed in the hospital ward. If a patient, who was also a doctor, was not in bed at a certain hour would you suddenly think "He's The Ripper!" Of course not.
I don't know why the Golden Dawn would need to create this magic spell to Venus. I think they were trying to combine low energy(death, hate) and high energy(love). Serial killers are theorised to have had the notions of love or sex and aggression fused at some point in their lives. So the character of the serial killer was central to this spell to Venus.
Where do the Order of The Golden Dawn get their name? The ancient Greek Goddess of the dawn was Eos. She shared aspects with Aphrodite hence Venus. Eos was GOLDEN coloured. Eos stems from earlier Goddesses, namely Indo-European Hausos. The Lithuanians worshipped her as Ausrine. When Lithuania was Christianised her celebrations were merged with those of The Virgin Mary.
Eos was promiscuous with men. Did the prostitutes of Whitchapel represent this Goddess?
I would like to thank Criminal Justice Chris for this information leading to Eos. Chris is a keen investigator of the Zodiac Killer and her posts here are very interesting.
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