In Jewish folklore, Lilith is the name of Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same earth as Adam.
Men fear Lilith because she knows the power of her sexuality and she knows that her sexuality has power over men. She turns men into beasts by opening the doorways to their deep and primal sexual desires. Such desires are forbidden by the Jewish and Christian cults.
Women, who are like the submissive Eve, also fear Lilith because of the power she holds. But, as has been shown in the myth of the garden of Eden, Lilith is not an enemy of womankind. She holds the ancient fruit of knowledge, the secrets of our deepest sexual nature, and she is willing to offer this fruit to us.
Eventually, Lilith was portrayed as the foe of Eve. It was Lilith in serpent form who seduced Eve to eat the fruit of knowledge. Lilith wanted Eve to open her eyes and come into the fulness of herself, her womanhood.
Few magical orders dedicated to the undercurrent of Lilith, featuring initiations specifically related to the arcana of the “first mother” exist. Two organizations that use initiations and magic associated with Lilith are the Ordo Antichristianus Illuminati and the Order of Phosphorus, both Masonic. Lilith appears as a succuba in Aleister Crowley’s De Arte Magica. Lilith was also one of the middle names of Crowley’s first child, Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley (b. 1904, d.1906), and Lilith is sometimes identified with Babalon in Thelemic writings.
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