The Zos Kia Cultus often presents the Death Posture as a 'backwards' or 'inverse' birth, by which means the sorcerer assumes the God form of Thanatos, as a glyph of the Cabalistic
power zone of Da’ath. Knowledge of the dark or hidden resources is present in the annihilation of the self, which entails understanding the clear and defined purpose of one’s individual genetic idenity. The correspondence between Da’ath and the Death Posture lies with the nature of the Death Posture as a method. When one assumes the Death Posture then the mind is freed temporarily from the flesh. During this state the self becomes defined and opened at the same moment at which the ego itself, composed of the current selve’s thoughts and ideals, is ‘vacuumed’ in a dark vortex known as Da’ath.
Just as one reverses consciousness, or returns ‘backwards’, to experience the cycle of death and birth, so does the self enter into the more subconscious regions.
As mentioned before Da’ath is the offspring of Binah and Chokmah, Wisdom and Understanding. Da’ath is Knowledge, in which the self is stripped, and the entire subconscious is mapped out during an intense and ecstatic state of self introspection. This is therefore the very fountain head of self power, by means of which a vast and arcane library is made available. Be cautious however of the many Elementals, vampires and other bestial haunters of the Abyss which will be within reaching distance. Know well what you call!
The Witch Cult in relation to the Witches Sabbat Craft opens the Da’athian Vampiric Current thus becoming aligned with the black or 'hidden' essence of sorcery. By such means dreams are gained, explored and - through vaulting into reality in the Day Side - become flesh. The Witches Sabbat Craft can be useful in exploring the astral aspects of vampirism, in which the sorcerer shall taste from the cup of Choronzon. Lilith sprinkles her powder of wolf and bat blood within the chalice which invariably leads to either knowledge or madness. Lilith is a representative of the night and therefore a connection or mirror of the Hebrew term LAYLAH (2) H A L Y A L, meaning night and death.
Through the eye of Kia one is able to dive through the black mirror, wherein the Qlipoth grant the Grail of Choronzon, the blood filled cup of vampire, incubi, succubi, ghouls and ghosts. One must take care assuming the Death Posture in the vampiric state due to the psychic and obsessive dangers and threats which can arise. The sorcerer who would dare sip from the cup of vampires must first master the self on most levels.
1) Ensuring balance and will is present in proper decision-making.
2) A sense of inner strength must be present in order to avoid the dangers of unbalanced forces which exist in the astral Qlipoth.
Defense measures should be involved as well to ensure as much resistance as possible from astral vampire attacks. The symbolic reference, of the vampire within the coffin or tomb, is but an ideal image of the death of the mortal self, a one sided being based only in the Day Side; by which demise one’s own personal Daemon or Hidden Genius (Holy Guardian Angel) shall manifest through the personality.
The Death Posture can be used vampirically as the means of self-awakening through innate knowledge of the individual's beast like or atavistic nature. All proving useful in the areas of bestial or nocturnal astral assumption. Through the Death Posture one can enter Da’ath through Choronzon, the vampiric guardian which is regarded as a demon or astral blood consumer.
Coven Maleficia through numerous experiments has developed a method of absorbing the essence of a vampire spirit. This method involves the assumption of the Death Posture and evoking the demon from the Qlipothic regions. The result often being significant in the development of inner knowledge gained via dream and later reality through the flesh. I have found personally one must banish and exercise all means of absorbing such spirits, for one of a weaker will can fall prey to such psychic forces. A description of the rite is as follows from my personal magickal diary or 'Book of Shadows' (Unpublished):
"I, Azyta Seker Arimanius and my partner, Aswad Najm al Din constructed a 6 foot coffin which was painted black. Upon the coffin was painted a silver image of the lord of the Crossroads, being in Voudoo tradition Baron Carrefour which is associated with Choronzon in it's masculine aspect. Such symbols as the Eye and the Hand representing the Zos and Kia were painted as well. The coffin was consecrated and upon it was placed a skull with both the sigil of Black Eagle and the symbol of the Crossroads or the Twins within the Voudoo tradition. A circle was inscribed in black with the names of power LAYLAH, LILITH, HECATE, CHORONZON and THANATOS in red. Candles of both colors were placed outside each name inscribed on the outer rim of the circle. A triangle with an Eye representing Kia was painted in indigo at the center, to hold the spirit which was to be evoked. We had at hand a vial containing aged blood (my own) which is used for the evocation of vampire spirits. The blood, even though sealed is depleted of oxygen and therefore has a strong odor of death. The use of aged blood is based on the assumption that as blood if living is useful for the evocation of spirits, then aged blood, which carries a strong odor of death is useful for the summoning of vampire or negative spirits. The significance of such a rite is to obtain a glyph of knowledge which will often manifest via dream revealing the essence, construction and ultimately the development of Vampiric Elementals. I had painted in red upon my chest and face symbols of Vampiric and Da’athian spirits and tunnels, by which the Qlipoth were evoked.
Soror Davcina acted as a scribe and channeling point of the rite, who would preside over the assumption of the Death Posture in the instance of control being lost by myself. While my evocations were intoned her chant was as follows:
"Witch-Moon of Blood, Eye of Hecate,
Choronzon shall send forth thy night spirit through the Qlipoth... Move, Appear!"
This was repeated throughout my incantations as follows:
Opening and banishing rituals, the casting of the circle followed by dancing Widdershins (counter-clockwise) around the circle.
The Enochian call of the Seventh Aethyr (See the Vision and the Voice, by Aleister Crowley, published by Weiser) At this time I opened the top of the blood vial and poured most of the contents within the circle, forming as best I could the sigil which represented the vampire spirit.