Track listing

1. "Introduction/Sitra Ahra" - 5:24
2. "Kings of Edom" - 8:51
3. "Unguentum Sabbati
   Flying ointment
   Flying ointment, also known as witches' flying ointment, green ointment, magic salve and lycanthropic ointment, is a hallucinogenic ointment said to be used by witches in the Early Modern period .- Composition :The ointment contains a fatty base and various herbal extracts, usually including...
   
   " - 5:09
4. "Land of Canaan"
   Canaan
   Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...
   
    - 10:32
5. "Hellequin" - 5:18
6. "2012: Return of the Feathered Serpent
   2012 phenomenon
   The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21, 2012. This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar...
   
   " - 4:16
7. "Cú Chulainn
   Cú Chulainn
   Cú Chulainn or Cúchulainn , and sometimes known in English as Cuhullin , is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore...
   
   " - 4:16
8. "Kali Yuga Part 3: Autumn of the Aeons
   Kali Yuga
   Kali Yuga is the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas described in the Indian scriptures. The other ages are Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga...
   
   " - 3:41
9. "The Shells Are Open
   Qliphoth
   Qliphoth/Qelippot, alternatively Klippot/Kellipot etc. refers to the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism.In the Kabbalistic spiritual cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness...
   
   " - 3:44
10. "Din
    Gevurah (Kabbalah)
    The Hebrew feminine noun gevurah or geburah The Hebrew feminine noun gevurah or geburah The Hebrew feminine noun gevurah or geburah (גבורה in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the fifth of the Sephirot of the tree of life, and it is the second of the emotive attributes of the Sephirot. It sits below...
    
    " - 2:37
11. "Children of the Stone: After the Inquisition
    Inquisition
    The Inquisition, Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis , was the "fight against heretics" by several institutions within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church. It started in the 12th century, with the introduction of torture in the persecution of heresy...
    
    " - 7:22

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Personnel

• Christofer Johnsson
  Christofer Johnsson
  Christofer Johnsson is a Swedish musician. He is a founding member and the guitar player for Therion and used to be in Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah and Demonoid. He is a member of the magical order Dragon Rouge and founder of the defunct Dark Age Music label...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , keyboards
• Christian Vidal - guitar
• Nalle "Grizzly" Påhlsson – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Johan Koleberg – drums
• Thomas Vikström
  Thomas Vikström
  Thomas Vikström is a Swedish vocalist best known for working with hard rock and heavy metal bands including doom metal legends Candlemass and power metallers Stormwind. He is the son of opera singer Sven-Erik Vikström...
  
   – vocals
• Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Lori Lewis
  Lori Lewis
  Lori Lewis is an American soprano currently residing in Salem, Oregon. She was one of the live members of the symphonic metal band Therion for the Gothic Kabbalah world tour, the 20 Year Celebration Tour in 2007 and the Sitra Ahra tour in 2010 in support of Therion's CD release, Sitra Ahra...
  
   – vocals

• Linnéa Vikström – vocals on "Sitra Ahra", "Kings of Edom", "Land of Canaan" and "Hellequin"
• Mika "Belfagor" Hakola (Ofermod, Nefandus) - harsh vocals on "Din"
• Petter Karlsson
  Petter Karlsson
  Petter Karlsson is a multi instrumentalist and singer of Holocoaster and was a member of Swedish symphonic metal band Therion , lead vocalist and guitarist of Argento, member of other several bands: Master Massive, Kajarr, Conspiracy.He had a big impact on Therion's 13:th album Gothic Kabbalah,...
  
   - vocals on "2012", writer of "Hellequin"
• Marcus Jupither - vocals on "Hellequin"
• Thomas Karlsson
  Thomas Karlsson
  Thomas Karlsson is a Swedish occultist and an esoteric author. In the summer of 2007, he has held the first Swedish course ever in Western Esotericism.. He is an occultist with many years of experience. Founder and head of magical order of Dragon Rouge, a Left-Hand Path initiatory organization and...
  
  – lyrics
• Thomas Ewerhard – cover artwork